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Committee reviews legal question on zoning amendments and planning board timelines
Holyoke City Ordinance Committee · January 14, 2026
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Summary
Committee received a law-department memo about MGL chapter 48 and the planning‑board hearing timeline for zoning amendments; staff recited the statutory referral, hearing and recommendation windows and noted recent state changes that in some cases reduce the two‑thirds council threshold.
The committee took up a law department memo about the legal process governing zoning ordinance amendments under MGL chapter 48. The chair read the relevant statutory requirements: the proposed amendment must be referred to the planning board within 14 days,…
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