[Massplanners] Zoning Bylaw Changed without Town Meeting Approval

[Richard Harris]

Was the recodified Bylaw adopted by Town Meeting?

Thank you

Richard Harris, AICP
PDR, LLC
Planning Consultant
413-335-5012


On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 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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