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Article 25 may require the applicant to notify (in the same afore- mentioned manner) additional property owners, to To see if the Town will vote to amend the General include all property owners within three hundred Bylaws as follows: (300) feet of the boundary of the property on which the work is proposed. If such additional notification is Amend Section 172-14 by deleting all references to deemed necessary by the Commission, notice of such D.E.Q.E. or Dept of Environmental Quality & shall be provided to the applicant with the written Engineering, and replacing them with O.E.E.A. or notice of the time and date of the hearing for said Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs. notice of intent." or take any other action relating thereto. And by adding the following new Subsections 172- 5.A.(2)(a) and 172-5.A.(2)(b) Submitted by the Conservation Commission a. Definitions Explanation: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality & Engineering (D.E.Q.E.) has • Linear-shaped Project for purposes of 310 CMR been replaced by the Massachusetts Office of Energy 10.05(4) means a project that is substantially longer & Environmental Affairs (O.E.E.A.), thus any refer- than it is wide and is a project for the construction, ences to D.E.Q.E. under the Chapter 172 By-law must reconstruction,or substantial enlargement of facilities be updated to reflect the change to O.E.E.A. that will be used in the service of the public or provide electric, gas, sewer, water, telephone, telegraph and The Board of Selectmen recommends approval by other communication services, a project by a public a vote of 5.0. agency or authority for the construction, reconstruc- tion,expansion,repair or maintenance of public roads, The Finance Committee recommends approval by bike paths, or other paths for pedestrians, or public a vote of 6-0,1 absent. railways. Motion made by Selectman Michael Richardson. • Project Locus means the lot on which an applicant proposes to perform an activity subject to regulation Motion: I move the Town vote to approve Article 25 under M.G.L. c. 131 §40. as printed in the Warrant, with the exception of the phrase"or take any other action relating thereto." •Project Site means the area within the Project Locus that comprises the limit of work for activities,includ- Motion passes unanimously at 8:22 PM. ing but not limited to, dredging, excavating, filling, grading,the erection,reconstruction or expansion of a Article 26 building or structure, the driving of pilings, the con- struction or improvement of roads or other ways,and To see if the Town will vote to amend the General the installation of drainage, storm water treatment, Bylaws as follows: environmentally sensitive site design practices, sewage and water systems. Amend Section 172-5.A.(2) by deleting the first sen- tence and amend the second sentence to read as fol- b. Notice Requirements lows: Any person filing a notice of intent or request for an "Notice to Abutters shall be by certified mail, return amended order of conditions with the Commission receipt requested, and shall be received by said abut- shall, after being given written notice by the ters no less than five (5) days prior to the date of the Commission of the time and date of the hearing hearing. Said notice shall be in a form prescribed by required, provide notification to all Abutters. the Commission, shall specify the time and date of Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirement to said hearing, shall describe the proposed activity and provide Abutter notification is subject to the following the location thereof and shall state where the applica- provisions. An applicant is required to provide notifi- tion and plans may be examined by interested parties. cation to an Abutter whose Lot is separated from the The Commission and/or its Agent, at its discretion, Project Locus by a public or private street or body of 65