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Ashburnham, MA Bylaw Review Committee

ASHBURNHAM BYLAW REVIEW COMMITTEE

The Ashburnham Select Board established an ad hoc Bylaw Review Committee for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations to re-codify, amend, eliminate or add to the Town of Ashburnham bylaws. The committee will be an advisory committee to the Select Board consisting of 3-7 members:

NAME, AFFILIATION and TITLE OF BOARD MEMBERS:


Abby Arpano, Select Board Liason

Walt Meissner, Planning Board Designee

Dave Perry, Zoning Board of Appeals - Vice Chair

Sarah Culgin, Building Commissioner - Member

Roger Hoyt - Member at Large, Chair

vacant - Members 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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