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Planning board to rewrite rules of procedure; to review application forms, home-occupation rules and sign limits

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Members moved to revise an aging rules of procedure to remove fixed meeting dates and newspaper-notice language, strengthen gravel pit reporting, review conditional-use/site-plan forms and clarify who handles home-occupation permits and sign-size limits.

Brookfield — Planning board members on April 14 agreed to circulate a proposed rewrite of the board's rules of procedure and to review several application forms and related zoning language.

Board members said the existing rules were written many years ago and still reference practices no longer used, including stone-and-quarter notices and mandatory newspaper advertisements except for public hearings. The board decided to remove fixed dates and meeting times from the ROP to avoid repeated amendments when schedules change and to…

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