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ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Reading Memorial High School May 5, 2011 The meeting was called to order by the Moderator, Alan E. Foulds, at 7:43 PM, there being a quorum present. The meeting was started with the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. ARTICLE 23 Motion made by David Tuttle, Community Planning and Development Commission to move that the Town vote to amend Section 4.3.3 of the Town of Reading Zoning By -Laws as follows: (note — GFGSS through represents language to be eliminated and bold represents new language) Motion made by Camille Anthony to dispense of further reading Motion to dispense Carried 4.3.3 SITE PLAN REVIEW Applicability. The following types of activities and uses require site plan review by the CPDC: Routine maintenance or replacement in -kind is exempt. Any exterior construction, or alteration or expansion of more than five hundred (500) gross square feet of an institutional, commercial, industrial, or multi - family structure with four or more dwelling units; GGMrneFG4a!, iRdustrial, eF MUlti family strUGtUre with fGur er more dwe"'Rg units-, family StFUGtYFe OF n Urnn o A change of use within an institutional, commercial, industrial, or multi - family structure; Interior renovations over two thousand (2, 000) gross square feet; Construction or expansion of a parking lot for an institutional, commercial, industrial, or multi - family structure or purpose. 4.3.3.2. Procedures. Applicants for site plan approval shall submit twelve (12) copies of the site plan to the CPDC for review, and within three (3) days thereafter request a determination from the Town Planner on completeness of application. The Town Planner shall make a determination of completeness within thirty (30) days of receipt of such application. The CPDC shall review and act upon the site plan, with such conditions as may be deemed appropriate, within sixty (60) days of its determination of completeness, and notify the applicant of its decision. The decision of the CPDC approving site plan review, shall be a majority of the commission and shall be in writing. No building permit or certificate of occupancy shall be issued by the Building Inspector without the written approval of the site plan by the CPDC, or unless 60 days lapse from the date of a determination of completeness of the site plan without action by the CPDC. 4.3.3.3. Requirements: 4.3.3.3.1. Where the CPDC serves as the special permit granting authority for proposed work, it shall consolidate its site plan review and special permit procedures. 4.3.3.3.2. The applicant may request, and the CPDC may grant by majority vote, an extension of the time limits set forth herein. 2011 Annual Town Meeting