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Select Board moves staff-backed reasonable-accommodation approach to Town Meeting after debate over notice, appeals and process
Summary
The Select Board voted to move a staff- and advisory-backed substitute motion (the Pollock version) for Warrant Article 14 (reasonable-accommodation process) to Town Meeting and approved a Preservation Commission–amended Article 15 on demolition-delay exemption review.
The Select Board voted to move a staff- and advisory-backed substitute motion (the version discussed in the meeting as the Pollock/Pollock–Penzel staff draft) on Warrant Article 14 — a proposed administrative process for reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities who seek zoning relief — to Town Meeting. The board also approved a preservation-commission-amended version of Article 15 (demolition delay exemption procedures).
Nut graf: The lengthy discussion focused on competing goals: reduce public exposure and delay for applicants seeking disability accommodations, preserve confidentiality, ensure legal defensibility under federal disability law and state statutes, and incorporate public notice and planning-board review where appropriate. The board, staff and several petitioners and legal advisors debated whether the building commissioner, the…
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