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Middleborough planning board weighs stricter continuance policy, adds live website notices; three hearings continued to March 18
Summary
At its March 4 meeting the Town of Middleborough Planning Board debated a policy to limit back-to-back continuances, began posting live continuance notices on the town website, and unanimously continued three hearings to March 18.
The Town of Middleborough Planning Board on March 4 debated tightening rules for hearing continuances and began using the town website to post last-minute continuance notices, and the board voted unanimously to continue three hearings to March 18.
Board members told staff they are frustrated that applicants routinely seek short continuances that force residents to return to multiple meetings. “If you're getting a continuance, you're not getting it for the next meeting... you're gonna have a month from the time you request a continuance till you get before the board,” said a board member during the unanticipated business portion, urging a policy that would require applicants…
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