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READING PLANNING BOARD
Minutes of October 23, 1985
PRESENT: M. Rich, Chairman; J. Wood, Clerk; Board Members - D.
Devine and S. Trainor (arrived at 7:45 PM); M. Carriers,
Administrative Assistant. *
Meeting convened at 7:35 PM in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town
Hall, 16 Lowell Street.
MINUTES
Minutes of September 3 and 11 and October 16, 1985 were approved
as read. VOTED 3 -0 -0 (Mrs. Trainor had not yet arrived.)
BILLS
Bills totaling $43.10 were signed.
(Mrs. Trainor arrived at 7:45 PM)
CORRESPONDENCE
Miscellaneous correspondence was reviewed. Mrs. Rich will
review the EOCD Strategic Planning Program to see if Reading com-
plies with guidelines.
CRITERION ROAD
A meeting has been requested between Planning Board, BPW and
Attorney Goodman to discuss completion of this project. Mrs. Rich
will contact the parties involved to set up the meeting.
TOWN MEETING
Mr. Wood noted that both the Municipal Reuse Rezoning Article
and the Aquifer Protection District Article are numbered 4.7. BPW
will be contacted to change the Aquifer Protection District Article
to 4.8.
Mrs. Trainor requested some background information on the Board
of Appeals 7.4.2.2. Article. Attorney Latham, who was present at
that time, explained that the use variance right was implied in
the Zoning Enabling Act but was not included in the 1975 amendments.
In order to preserve the right, the following language was incorporated
in the Zoning Act, Chapter 40A:
"Except where local ordinances or by -laws shall expressly per-
mit variances for use, no variance may authorize a use or
activity not otherwise permitted in the district in which the
land or structure is located;..."
Minutes of October 23, 1965
Page 2
MUNICIPAL REUSE REZONING
The public hearing on the proposed Municipal Reuse Rezoning
bylaw was opened at 5:00 PM.
Because the legal notice advertising the public hearing was
available to all those attending the Board voted to dispense with
the Clerk's reading of the articles in question. VOTED 4 -0 -0.
Following testimony, those in attendance were polled for their
opinion. Of the ten people attending the hearing the results were
7 -1 (Mrs. Wood) -1 (Mr. Carley). The hearing was closed at 9:00 PM.
VOTED 4 -0 -0.
Meeting adjourned at 9:05 PM. VOTED 4 -0 -0.
Respectfully submitted,
Martha J. Carriere
Administrative Assistant
* Mr. Slezak was not in attendance at this meeting as he was represent-
ing the Planning Board at the DPW Relocation Task Force meeting.