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Select Board says easement for Oak Hill property would require town meeting; offers path forward
Summary
A property owner asked the Select Board for permission to use a town-owned access road to build a home; town counsel advised the board it lacks authority to grant an easement and town meeting action is required. The board asked town counsel to review and discussed options including a warrant article for the Nov. 3 meeting.
Property owner Jack Shaheen asked the Southborough Select Board on June 17 for preliminary approval to relocate his driveway and to obtain town permission to access a town-owned access road near the Oak Hill water tank, as part of plans to build a single-family home behind his existing property.
Town counsel advised the board the Select Board cannot itself grant an easement over town-owned land; that authority requires a vote at town meeting. The board did not grant the easement but discussed next steps, including review by town counsel and possible placement of a warrant article for the Nov. 3 special town meeting or a citizen petition.
Shaheen said the access road has a documented history: a town conveyance in June 1955 granted rights of passage for two residential…
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