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Needham bylaw committee narrows proposed stormwater edits, approves technical changes and defers substantive edits pending AG review
Summary
The General Bylaw Committee voted to accept technical and clerical edits to the stormwater article while rejecting several substantive wording changes; members agreed to wait for Attorney General review before finalizing any material alterations to the town's stormwater bylaw. The committee set a follow-up meeting to finalize its report and coordinate a warrant article.
The General Bylaw Committee of the Town of Needham on Feb. 2 narrowed proposed edits to the town's stormwater bylaw, approving technical items while rejecting changes the committee judged substantive and potentially altering regulatory scope.
Committee member Eric Bailey moved that the McKnight amendments be adopted in part: to approve the qualified soil evaluator provision (7.1) and the related stormwater regulations and to reject the remainder of the proposed edits. Bailey framed his objection around three edits he called substantive: revising the definition of "illicit…
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