[Massplanners] Zoning Bylaw Changed without Town Meeting Approval

[Daniel Fortier]

Adam

Was there a public hearing and Town Meeting vote to formally adopt the
recodification? Fairhaven recodified when I first arrived there (started
with my predecessor). Town Meeting approved the recodification and it was
approved by the Attorney General likevany other Zoning change. If that path
was followed,  then the changes did occur.  If it did not, then you never
actually recodified your Zoning Bylaw.

Dan Fortier
Retired
Interim Dennis Town Planner

On Fri, Oct 14, 2022, 12:02 PM Duchesneau, Adam via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> We have a situation where it appears a section from the Town’s Zoning
> Bylaw was removed WITHOUT approval from Town Meeting. It appears to have
> occurred during a recodification/reformatting of the bylaw, but there was
> no Town Meeting process or a Town Meeting vote which authorized the removal
> of this language. This appears to have happened sometime back in the mid to
> late 1990s.
>
>
>
> I am wondering if this language which was removed is still valid and
> applicable as part of the Zoning Bylaw since it was removed without the
> appropriate Town Meeting process or vote? If so, can this language just be
> reinserted back into the Zoning Bylaw? Or, is the only way to get the
> language back into the Zoning Bylaw by going through the full Town Meeting
> approval process?
>
>
>
> If anyone has dealt with this before or has thoughts on this, please let
> me know when you have a chance. Thank you.
>
>
>
> Adam
>
>
>
> Adam L. Duchesneau, AICP (he/him/his)
>
> Director of Planning & Community Development
>
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