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<p class="MsoNormal">Watertown has the petitioner pay for the legal notice when it is not a City request. Since they are requesting a public hearing they pay the cost of the legal, which is required to hold the hearing they have requested. There are no formal
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>THOMAS FUDALA via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 3, 2023 4:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Thomas Bott <tbott.townplanner@verizon.net>; Thomas Bott via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org>; Kristina Johnson <kjohnson@townofhudson.org>; Alan Pease <master471@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Petitioned Zoning Amendments<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333">40A Section 5 language is a little muddled on mandating a PB hearing within 65 days, but assuming one is held, the PB has an additional 21 days to file a report
on its vote/recommendations regarding a zoning article. So, Select Board, per Section 5, "must" (but very often doesn't) forward the article to the PB within 14 days and adding this all up, there can be up to 100 days between the submission of an article and
the delivery of the PB's recommendation. There are cases where the PB can "pocket veto" an article by not holding a hearing or, more legally, not file their recommendation before the date of Town Meeting (unless 21 days have passed between their hearing and
the TM date), since TM can't vote on a zoning article without a report, "with recommendations", from the PB. My PB actually killed a few zoning articles by filing a report that said the PB declined to make a recommendation!
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 02/03/2023 1:26 PM Thomas Bott via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The PB is required to hold a hearing within 65(?) days of when the Select Board forwards the articles to Planning. If the TA's office doesn't have a complete petition, i.e.
no check for advertising, they don't/can't forward the petition in order for Planning to advertise.
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<p class="yiv9138331966msonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A">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.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv9138331966msonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A">Let me know how your municipality handles this cost.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv9138331966msonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A">Thanks, and stay warm.
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<p class="yiv9138331966msonormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A">Kristina
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<p class="yiv9138331966msonormal"><em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">Kristina Johnson, AICP</span></em><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9138331966msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A">Director of Planning &</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A">
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<p class="yiv9138331966msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A">Town of Hudson, MA</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9138331966msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A">President, Mass. Association of Planning Directors</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="yiv9138331966msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A">Cell: 857-939-3427</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#26282A"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="yiv9138331966msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#26282A">Email:
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