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Select Board reviews special‑town‑meeting warrant; pulls Tapleyville overlay article after neighborhood objections
Summary
At its Jan. 7 meeting the Select Board sent most articles for the Feb. 3 special town meeting to Finance Committee but removed a contested zoning item to allow more neighborhood review.
The Select Board on Jan. 7 reviewed a draft warrant for a Feb. 3 special town meeting and voted to send most proposed articles to the Finance Committee but removed one controversial zoning proposal after neighborhood opposition.
The warrant contains a mix of housekeeping finance items and zoning and bylaw amendments. Staff recommended—and the board voted to forward favorably to Finance Committee—routine articles including appropriation of unpaid FY24 bills, acceptance and appropriation of Transportation Network (ride‑share) receipts into the senior transportation fund, updates to a periodic inspections bylaw to align with the state building code, a bylaw tightening around electronic leashes and dog control, an update to the kennel definition (increasing the by‑right threshold), revisions to garage definitions and to signage and outdoor lighting…
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