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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>That might work. I would look to the stated purpose of the recodification: whether that specifically excluded substantive changes to the bylaw. If so, then the section in question shouldn’t have been removed, and a scrivener’s error might be to blame<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Good luck,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Bryon Clemence, P.E.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Water Resources Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Agricultural Commission<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Boxborough<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harry LaCortiglia via MassPlanners<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, October 15, 2022 8:53 AM<br><b>To:</b> massplanners@masscptc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Zoning Bylaw Changed without Town Meeting Approval<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Sounds like a scrivener's error.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>H. LaCortiglia</span><o:p></o:p></p><p><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>Georgetown P.B. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/14/2022 2:00 PM, Bob RITCHIE via MassPlanners wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black'>Only Town Meeting can change the bylaw. Without Town Meeting action, nothing was removed from the bylaw. So, saying "Bylaw Changed without Town Meeting Approval" is simply false as a matter of law. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><strong><i>Bob Ritchie</i></strong><br><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'>20 Bayon Drive<br>Apartment 314<br>South Hadley, MA 01075<br>413-531-2431</span><br><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><a href="mailto:bobritchie@comcast.net">bobritchie@comcast.net</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>On 10/14/2022 12:01 PM Duchesneau, Adam via MassPlanners <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org"><massplanners@masscptc.org></a> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Hello Everyone,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>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?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>If anyone has dealt with this before or has thoughts on this, please let me know when you have a chance. <span style='color:black'>Thank you.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'>Adam</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Adam L. Duchesneau, AICP (he/him/his)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Director of Planning & Community Development</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>Town of Sudbury | Flynn Building, 278 Old Sudbury Road | Sudbury, MA 01776</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:black'>t 978-639-3398 | f 978-639-3314 | </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><a href="mailto:DuchesneauA@Sudbury.MA.us" target="_blank">DuchesneauA@Sudbury.MA.us</a> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;color:blue'><a href="http://www.sudbury.ma.us/" target="_blank">www.sudbury.ma.us</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>-- <br>MassPlanners mailing list <br><a href="mailto:MassPlanners@masscptc.org">MassPlanners@masscptc.org</a> <br><a href="http://masscptc.org/mailman/listinfo/massplanners_masscptc.org">http://masscptc.org/mailman/listinfo/massplanners_masscptc.org</a> <o:p></o:p></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></blockquote></div></body></html>