1989-04-05 Bylaw Committee Minutes

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BYLAW COMMITTEE MINUTES #150 April 5, 1989 Members present: Ed Murphy, George Theophanis, Nils Nordberg and Dolores Carroll. 7:40 Chairman Murphy called the meeting to order in Room 16 of Town Hall. Minutes of meeting #149 were read and accepted by a vote of 4-0-0. Chairman Murphy opened the meeting with an overview of the CPDC meeting he had attended on April 3rd, where petitioner Nancy Blanchard and residents were present to discuss Article 35 which, if accepted, would change the zoning of the Blanchard property from residential to industrial. Chairman Murphy explained that while this property is the only property residentially zoned on that side of Lakeview Avenue, residents of the area are very much against changing the zoning. They do not want the traffic that industrial property would bring. Although Richard Howard, a member of the CPDC was in attendance to discuss several articles for the upcoming Special Town Meeting, he pointed to a map showing the Blanchard property, which abuts the Homart land and informed the committee that the Homart land was not going to be developed. He commented on the fact that property in the area will be enhanced since the dump is no longer there. Members of the CPDC voted not to recommend this article by a vote of 4-0-0. Following further discussion by the committee, it was decided that since there was no evidence of what the land would be used for, on motion of Nils Nordberg, seconded by George Theophanis, it was voted not to recommend Article 35 by a vote of 4-0-0. Mr. Howard then briefly discussed several of the articles which were on the warrant for the Special Town Meeting of April 24th. Article 13 would amend the zoning map to include Bear Hill in the PRD. Article 16, (car wash) which had previously been passed at Town Meeting, was declared illegal by the Attorney General's office for CPDC's failure to advertise in the newspaper for two consecutive weeks. There being no further questions, Mr. Howard departed the meeting. Committee members reviewed several definitions including "inhabitant" and "official body." It was decided that before a final decision could be reached, we should find out where and how "inhabitant" is used in the bylaws and whether town meeting members should be included in the term "officer" (which is part of official body).