1932 BYLAW
VOTED: that the following bylaw relating to the duties and conduct of the Planning Board be and hereby is adopted.
Section 1.
The Planning Board shall consist of six members. The terms of the members shall be three years, but at the annual Town Meeting to be held in the year 1933, there shall be elected two members to serve for one year, two members to serve for two years, and two members to serve for three years; and thereafter, there shall be elected at the annual Town Meeting in each year such members as are necessary to fill vacancies.
Section 2.
Vacancies otherwise occurring in the board shall be filled as provided in M.G.L. Chapter 4, §11.
Section 3.
The Planning Board shall have access to public documents and information in the possession of any Town official or department.
Section 4.
All plans for laying out, extending, discontinuing, or changing the limits of any playground or public park, and every purchase of land for the site of any public building, and all plans for the location, erection, or alteration of public buildings, shall be submitted to said board for its opinion at least two weeks in advance of action by the board, department, or committee in charge of such work.
Section 5.
It shall be the duty of the Planning Board to investigate all petitions calling for a variation, modification, change, or extension of use under the Zoning Bylaw and to report its recommendations thereon to the Board of Selectmen, sitting as a Board of Appeals, at the public hearing held relating thereto. The Board of Selectmen shall cause the Planning Board to be notified of all such petitions when filed.
Section 6.
It shall be the duty of the Planning Board to conduct investigations respecting proposed amendments to the Zoning Bylaw appearing in the Warrant for any Town Meeting, and to present its recommendations to the Town for consideration at such Town Meeting. The Board of Selectmen shall cause the Planning Board to be notified of all such proposed amendments.
Article 17, Town Meeting, March 1932
1937 BYLAW
VOTED: to adopt the following bylaw.
Section 1.
A Planning Board is hereby established under the provisions of M.G.L. (Ter.Ed.) Chapter 41, §81A, as added by Chapter 211 of the Acts of 1936, to consist of five members to be elected by official ballot at the annual Town Meeting in the year 1938, one for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years and one for a term of five years and thereafter their successors one at the annual Town Meeting in each year for terms of five years each.
Section 2.
In addition to the powers and duties provided for by law, said board shall have all the powers and duties of the present Planning Board under existing bylaws of the Town.
Section 3.
The existing Board of Appeals under the building and zoning bylaws shall be the Board of Appeals required by §81Z of said Chapter 41.
Article 20, Town Meeting, March 1937
(see also M.G.L. Chapter 41, §70)
1948 AMENDMENT
VOTED: that the membership of the Planning Board be increased from five to seven members, the two additional members to be elected at the next annual Town Meeting, one for a term of four years and one for a term of five years and thereafter their successors to be elected for terms of five years each.
Article 26, Town Meeting, March 1948
(see also M.G.L. Chapter 41, §§71-81Y and M.G.L. Chapter 40A, §6)
Editor’s Note: Section 2 of the Town Charter (accepted by the Town in 1955 and effective March 12, 1956) changed the Planning Board from elected to appointed by the Board of Selectmen.
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