Planning Board Public Hearing – Mar. 1, 2021

Mount Washington Planning Board

PROPOSED ZONING BYLAW
PUBLIC HEARING

Monday, March 1, 2021
7:00 – 9:00 pm

*ZOOM PUBLIC REMOTE ACCESS BELOW

The Planning Board is holding a PUBLIC HEARING to present a reorganized, updated, and recodified Zoning Bylaw Proposal 1-21-21, which can be found in the Governance Section of the Town website under both the Clerk and Planning Board sections.

The Planning Board objectives were to:

  • Make the Bylaw compliant with Massachusetts State Laws
  • Make the Bylaw compliant with Code of Massachusetts Regulations
  • Consider Massachusetts Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), two of which are in Mount Washington
  • Integrate all amendments passed since 1989 into one recodified Bylaw
  • Protect nonconforming lots and structures
  • Consider amendments proposed over the past 3+ years
  • Consider feedback received during more than 40 Planning Board meetings
  • Consider input received during a Town Public meeting when addressing farming
  • Reduce the need for Special Permits
  • Reduce the cost for applicants and to the Town
  • Input or correct all references and citations
  • Include annotations for easy reference when reading the Bylaw Proposal

* Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82584666598?pwd=R1JTUjJVMi9qbWNKRTN2WVMwSDY2UT09

Meeting ID: 825 8466 6598
Passcode: 456818

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Meeting ID: 825 8466 6598
Passcode: 456818