[Massplanners] Petitioned Zoning Amendments

[Victor Panak]

Brookline pays the cost of noticing the Planning Board public hearings for Warrant Articles. We bundle the ads, though, so there is no difference in the cost of 1 warrant article notice vs 5 warrant article notices. We wait until the warrant closes, identify all of the zoning articles, and then schedule them all for the same public hearing date in one big ad. Then if the hearing goes too long, we just continue any unfinished PHs to a future date.

Victor Panak
ED/LT Planner, Economic Development Division
Brookline Planning Department
333 Washington Street, Brookline, MA 02445
Phone: 617-264-6482 (wk), 339-368-0433 (cell)
Office: Tu/Th  Remote: Mo/We/Fr

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Sent: Friday, February 3, 2023 10:45 AM
To: Kristina Johnson <kjohnson at townofhudson.org>
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Subject: Re: [Massplanners] Petitioned Zoning Amendments

Duxbury interested as well…..timely Q

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Sent: Friday, February 3, 2023 10:34 AM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] [Massplanners] Petitioned Zoning Amendments

Hello Friends and Colleagues,

A Friday question for my municipal peeps…for petitioned zoning amendments, who is responsible for paying for the legal advertisements for the statutory public hearing? The petitioner (s)? The property owner? The municipality? Here is Hudson this cost is borne by my Department’s Ad budget; and, as you all know, the cost for legal ads adds up quick. Lately, we are getting a lot of petitioned articles (many we don’t even support), and this cost is wiping out my budget.

Let me know how your municipality handles this cost.

Thanks, and stay warm.
Best,
Kristina

Kristina Johnson, AICP
Director of Planning & Community Development
Town of Hudson,  MA
President, Mass. Association of Planning Directors
Tel: 978-562-2989
Cell:  857-939-3427
Email: kjohnson at townofhudson.org<mailto:kjohnson at townofhudson.org>



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