HomeMy WebLinkAbout1989-04-05 Bylaw Committee MinutesBYLAW 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).
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"Precinct" was revised to read, "The areas into which the town
is divided for the purpose of elections."
9:05 Meeting adjourned. Next meeting to be held on Wednesday,
April 19th.
Respectfully submitted,
Dolores S. Carroll