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Current
We completed on a collabrative project with the
Conservation Commission and Assessors for the Selectmen. Together, we are
working on evaluating all the lots taken for taxes that were
held by the town. The purpose of this project was to help the Selectmen
in making decisions whether or not to let some of the lots
go through a sale. As a result, the Selectmen held abutter's sales for many lots, retained some with value for the town and sold some in an open bid process. We were very pleased to work with other town boards and look forward to more joint projects in the future.
We completed working on the Capital Improvement Program for 2012,
which the Selectmen are using in their budgeting process for
next year.
We will have an improved Sign Ordinance on the ballot at Town Meeting, made to replace what is in the LUO right now, which has proved problematic to work with.
We will also have an item on the ballot to clarify the "cottage industry" section of the LUO and Site Plan Review Regulations. This should make it easier to classify businesses in town and help in our decisions on exemptions to the site plan review and business permit processes.
We hope you will support both of these ballot items at Town Meeting. Copies of each are available in the town offices.
We met with the Selectmen and several other town boards
to talk about Stormwater management and its place in the Building
Permit process.
In the spring we are forming a working group of Planning Board members and alternates to work on a consice list of municipal building needs and priorities using the Task Force report and the recent energy audits. This will help in pinpointing future capital projects for the CIP.
Past Items
1. Ordinance Updates -
All three of the ordinance updates passed at Town Meeting in March 2011.
Telecommunications Ordinance Update
Revised
Telecommunications Ordinance
Changes to the Land Use Ordinance
Fixes
for the Land Use Ordinance
Definitions for the Land Use Ordinance
Definitions
for the Land Use Ordinance
We thank you for voting and giving us your continuing support.
2. Municipal Space Task Force -
You can read the Task Force's comprehensive report, it is
available for public reading in the Town Hall and the Library.
The Planning Board thanks the Task Force members for all the
hard work they put in over countless hours to put this document
together. This reference document is very important to the
town as we move forward and plan for our municipal space needs
and future capital building projects.
The following link will allow you to see the Task Force's
interim presentation about the town buildings:
Task
Force's Building Information Summary (a large powerpoint
document 8.1 MB)
3. The Washington Natural Resource Inventory and Conservation
Plan - Working with the Washington Conservation Commission
a comprehensive Natural Resource Inventory for the town has
been completed including a Conservation Plan and supporting
maps. This report and plan has been adopted as a part of Washington's
Master Plan and will help guide us in making future land use
plans for the town. The maps and reports are available in
the Selectmen's office or can be found on the Conservation
Commission's website, click on the following link to view
them:
Natural
Resource Inventory Report, Conservation Plan and maps
These documents and maps are an important first resource for
everyone to consult when beginning to consider plans or make
decisions about land development or subdivision.
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