[Massplanners] Public Hearing continuations - time required??

[Daniel Fortier]

Paige

We do not put times on individual agenda items.  Meetings start at 6:30 and
hearings are taken at anytime after the start. So continuing to the next
meeting means 6:30 or thereafter.  If a Board does not have a fixed meeting
time, maybe there would be an issue,  but not with fixed start times.

Dan Fortier
Retired Planner
Interim Dennis Planner

On Tue, Jun 14, 2022, 5:50 PM Paige via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Hello fellow planners,
>
> I was watching a PB meeting for another town the other night and they
> continued a public hearing to their next meeting date. They did mention the
> date but did not include a time.  Basically it was just a continuation to
> say "continued to July 1st" without any reference to what time
> on July 1st.  That said, it is known the PB meetings start at 7 pm but
> isn't a time required when continuing a special permit public hearing?  I
> always thought a continuation had to have a "date and time certain".
>
> I checked their weekly agendas and times are assigned to each public
> hearing (this isn't a board that puts all hearings at say 7 pm and just
> runs them in order.  Each one clearly has a time on the agenda).
>
> I've done some googling and looked at Kenrick v Board of Appeals of
> Wakefield and MAUREEN J. TEBO & others [Note 1] vs. BOARD OF APPEALS OF
> SHREWSBURY & others.  Neither directly addresses the date and TIME certain
> I'm looking for.
>
> Does anyone know of any reference to this particular nuance?  Can a PB
> just continue a hearing to a meeting date without a specific time?
>
> Any information is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
>
> ~Paige Duncan, Foxborough
>
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