09/11/2017 BOARD OF SELECTMEN Agenda Packet

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Draft 46 September 7,2017 D. The Committee may organize itself in the manner it deems appropriate and may establish rules and.procedures as it deems necessary for the performance of its functions: The Committee may meet as a group to, discuss projects, in which case it shall follow the requirements of the "Open Meeting Law", or it may establish procedures under which,.for certain types of uses, the members may file individual recommendations regarding a project with the Building Commissioner, who shall compile the Committee members' recommendation, provide it to the applicant and, if he deems it appropriate, to the relevant Special Permit granting-authority, and he shall file it with the Town Clerk. And, further, to substitute the term "Design and Plan review Committee" for "Design Review Committee" and "Plan Review Committee" as they presently appear in the Zoning Bylaw Table of Contents; §174-24.6.2&3; §174-24.C.4&5;. §17424.1; §1.74-25.1)(6); §174-25.H(12); §174- 25.1.4; §174-31,f.n.14; §174-45.1.H; §174-45.1.J.3; §174-46.G; G.1,2,2(h); G.3, G.3( e ); G.B, G.8(a, d, e, f &h); §174-46M.3; §174-47.01; and §174-51.A., or take any other action relative thereto._ .Submitted by-Board of Selectmen Explanation: This article will eliminate the Pres°ent Design Review_Committee and Plan Review Comrr3ittee and combine the functions of those.:two Committeesinto asingle Design and Plan Review Committee.' The `:objective of this Bylaw amendment is ±,to streamline the; project/ application review process;for,both applicants and Towri regulatory Boards;avoid redundancy in preliminary application/plari'revi6,ry functions--,`and minimize the.:potential for vacancies and quorum issues ori-:voluntary Town committees: The Board of Selectmen recommends.Town'-Meeting approval by`6.vote of x-x The-Finance Committee recommends'Towri Meeting approval by a'vote of 5-E} Article 16 (D#6) To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-law by amending Section 174-15 by replacing the phrase "six (6) months" with the phrase "twelve (12) months" and by amending Subsection 174-24.C.8. by replacing the phrase "within two (2) years" with the phrase "within three (3) years", or take any other action relating thereto. Submitted by Planning Board Explanation: This article would amend the Zoning By-law in response to the.enactment by the legislature of Sections 29'and 30 of Chapter 219 of the Acts of 2016, St. 2016, Ch. 219, which amended Ch. 40A, §6 to double the time within which a permittee can commence construction or operations under a Building or Special Permit from six (6)to twelve (12) months without fear of a zoning change that might otherwise nullify the project, and amended Ch. 40A, §9 governing Special Permits by lengthening the time from two (2) years to three (3) years to commence construction or substantial use without lapse of the Special permit or having to seek an extension from the Special Permit granting authority.