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Norwood conservation commission to hold public hearing on simplified permit fee schedule; town meeting backs conservation funds

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Summary

Commission voted to schedule a public hearing on a simplified, acreage‑based permit fee schedule and received updates that town meeting approved $10,000 for a conservation land fund and $200,000 for a Guile Pond feasibility study.

Commission staff presented a proposed simplification of the conservation commission’s fee schedule to replace a multi‑variable fee calculator with a tiered, acreage‑based structure. Staff showed a comparison example (83 Morse Street) where a complicated current calculation would be replaced by a flat fee for the appropriate acreage bracket; the proposed change…

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