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Zoning bylaw amendments and small rezoning pass after combined vote
Summary
Town Meeting combined Articles 32–38 (rezoning one Bedford Street parcel and several clarifying amendments to nonconforming-use language) into a single vote. Planning Board and Finance Committee recommended approval; the combined motion passed by the required two‑thirds vote.
The Planning Board and petitioner sought to combine Articles 32–38 into one motion. Article 32 proposed rezoning a 0.74‑acre parcel at 142 Bedford Street from residential to business to match adjacent commercial/industrial use; Articles 33–38 made clarifying and legally focused edits to the town zoning bylaw (changes to nonconforming use/structure language, abandonment/nonuse provisions, the definition of lot width/perpendicular measurement, and similar housekeeping/legal clarifications).
The moderator explained the plan: combine the articles, read the combined motion and vote on a single package rather than separate votes. The Planning Board recommended approval and the Finance Committee recommended approval. Selectman Aaron Burke and zoning enforcement officer Nate Darling were cited as participants in the subcommittee that recommended the bylaw language changes to make enforcement clearer. After discussion the combined articles were approved by a two-thirds counted vote.
Ending: The combined amendments change one parcel’s district designation and update zoning-language provisions intended to clarify the handling of nonconforming uses and structures; the change was approved and will be sent for any required post‑adoption review and filing.
