Plaistow Planning Board reviews wide-ranging zoning amendments, schedules prime‑wetlands public hearing

The Plaistow Planning Board spent most of its Nov. 6 meeting reviewing attorney feedback on a package of proposed zoning amendments and agreeing a schedule for public hearings. Board members discussed changes to wetland buffer language, procedural 'housekeeping' edits such as renumbering, the board's authority to require preliminary conceptual or design review, expanded definitions for notice to abutters, temporary-structure permit renewals, and proposed enforcement language naming the Board of Selectmen as the enforcing authority.

Speaker 5 summarized counsel's view and the proposed edits, saying, according to a readback of draft language, that at a prior public hearing "the proposed buffer size for the parking and structure is being reduced to a 100 feet," and recommended concise voters-guide text that explains key changes when the board publishes ordinance explanations. The board discussed a common…