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Uxbridge planning board urges residents to attend special town meeting on battery-storage bylaw, floodplain and ADU items
Summary
The Planning Board announced a special town meeting for residents to consider a battery-storage bylaw (a bylaw, not a rezoning), floodplain mapping to enable flood insurance, and an ADU item; the board urged public participation and said approved bylaws will be sent to the attorney general for review.
The Planning Board for the Town of Uxbridge announced a special town meeting for the following evening at 7:00 p.m. to consider a proposed battery-storage bylaw, updates to the town's floodplain mapping to enable flood insurance eligibility, and an item on accessory dwelling units that will go to the Zoning Board of Appeals.
Speaker 1, a Planning Board member, told residents the battery-storage item is a proposed bylaw to “dictate where it can and can't happen,” and clarified the item is not a rezoning. "If this passes tomorrow, the next step is to bring it to the attorney general, and hope the attorney general passes it," Speaker 1 said, urging attendance.
Board members said the battery-storage item and the floodplain change are important for local planning and insurance access. The floodplain update was presented as a technical step that would allow some property owners to obtain flood insurance. The ADU item was described as a matter for the Zoning Board of Appeals, not for immediate Planning Board action.
The board encouraged residents who have concerns about local siting or who want to speak in favor or against the measures to attend and participate in the town meeting. No formal vote on the bylaw occurred at this Planning Board meeting; the board framed the session as an informational and preparatory step ahead of the town meeting and any state review.
