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Ashburnham, MA Bylaw Review Committee

ASHBURNHAM BYLAW REVIEW COMMITTEE

The Ashburnham Select Board recently voted to establish an ad hoc Bylaw Review Committee to review and make recommendations to re-codify, amend, eliminate, or add to the Town of Ashburnham bylaws. The composition of the Bylaw Review Committee to consist of a minimum of 3 members and a maximum of 7 including one designee of the Planning Board, one designee of the Zoning Board of Appeals, one designee of the Select Board, the Zoning Enforcement Officer, or an employee of the town preferably from Land Use Department, and the remaining members to serve as citizens at large.


Goals, Objectives and Priorities:

* Update and clarify the definitions found in both the Zoning By-Laws and the Municipal By-laws.

* Clean up grammar, punctuation, numbering, syntax, etc. throughout the document.

* Work on ways to improve consistent enforcement of the By-laws and support the efforts to manage enforcement effectively.

* Clarify and tighten the language in the By-laws to help make them easier to understand and to enforce.

* Work towards making certain that the By-laws reflect current generally accepted practices utilized by similar Massachusetts towns, are in alignment with state regulations, and reflect the preferences of the majority of Ashburnham residents.

* Make recommendations to the Board of Selectman to add, modify, and/or eliminate specific By-laws. After their review the Board of Selectman will request input from Town Counsel as appropriate.

* Once Town Counsel has given their legal opinion a public hearing will be held by the By-Law Review Committee to obtain feedback from residents prior to town meeting.

* Proposals that appear to have public support will be added to a town meeting warrant to be voted on.

Bylaw Review Committee Upcoming Meetings

Bylaw Review Committee Documents

Past Meetings

For information on older meetings, please contact the Town Clerk.

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