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When the town meeting that voted the articles down ends, the articles evaporate - they cease to exist.
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On 08/17/2021 4:02 PM Bob Mitchell <mitchellfaicp@gmail.com> wrote:
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<span style="color: #000000;">Rachel: 2005? Yikes, that's ancient history!</span>
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<span style="font-family: Raleway,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><span style="color: #000000;">Chapter 40A, Section 5 states: <em>if a town meeting fails to vote to adopt any proposed by-law within six months after the planning board hearing, no action shall be taken thereon until after a subsequent public hearing is held with notice and report as provided.</em></span></span>
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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">After 6 months, the town starts all over again with the zoning amendment adoption process. All, or any of these amendments, would have to be brought back to Town Meeting, (if the Town wants to do that) whether exactly the same, tweaked or completely rewritten, to be acted upon by Town Meeting.</span></span>
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<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px;">There really isn't any such thing as "Indefinite Postponement" when it comes to Zoning Amendments when there is the 6 time period for action.<br clear="all"></span></span>
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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000099; font-size: large;">Bob Mitchell FAICP</span>
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On Tue, Aug 17, 2021 at 2:58 PM Rachel Benson <
<a href="mailto:RBenson@wrentham.ma.us">RBenson@wrentham.ma.us</a>> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Hi All, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Would anyone out there be able to share what the statute of limitations is on a Town Meeting vote of “Indefinite Postponement” on zoning amendments? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Background: In 2005, 22 Zoning Amendments were proposed at a Special Town Meeting. All 22 were unanimously voted down due to the residents not having enough information on the articles. Furthermore, the residents voted to indefinitely postpone all those articles. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Our Town Clerk was not clear on what if any was the time table to bring these articles back up at Town Meeting and if we do bring them back up (not all 22 at once…craziness!!) would they have to be substantially different than originally proposed. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Thank you in advance!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">Thank you and have a great day!<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; color: black;">Rachel Benson</span></strong><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Director of Planning & Economic Development<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Wrentham, MA 02093<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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