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Select board votes to remove routine select-board sign-off from building permits; change goes to voters
Summary
The select board voted to remove routine select-board signature requirements from two building permit ordinance provisions and directed the planning board to draft ballot/town-meeting language; the change would delegate routine permit sign-off to the building inspector while retaining select-board review for unusual or nonconforming cases.
Brentwood's select board voted to strip routine signature requirements for certain building permits and leave authority for standard permits with the building inspector, sending the proposed ordinance language to the planning board for placement on the ballot or town meeting roster.
Chair introduced amendments to sections that previously required the board of selectmen to sign permits in triplicate (cited in the meeting…
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