Thursday, April 19, 2018

TOWN MEETING IS APRIL 24 -- PLANNING BOARD HAS 5 ARTICLES

Town Meeting is coming up next Tuesday, April 24, 2018! The Planning Board has 5 zoning articles on the warrant. The Board is proposing and recommending changes to the accessory apartment bylaw, creating outdoor entertainment regulations applicable to the entire Business General district rather than tying it only to restaurants, allowing certain limited events not tied to agriculture to be hosted by farms, and replacing the unworkable "cluster" subdivision bylaw with a more workable version. The Board is not recommending the fifth article to allow commercial solar facilities outside the solar overlay district by special permit. More work is needed on that one.

A more complete discussion (as well as the complete text) of each of those articles can be found on the Town web site at https://www.sherbornma.org/home/news/april-24-2018-annual-town-meeting-information. Click on the item called

Planning Board Summary of Changes to Zoning Articles (April 19, 2018).

Town Meeting begins at 7:00 PM at Lindquist Commons at Dover-Sherborn High School in Dover.