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Council to introduce three ordinances clarifying building lines, pesticide use on town property and biomass removal
Summary
The council agreed to introduce three ordinances: (1) clarify the established building line and curb‑cut rules, (2) extend the county's prohibited-pesticide list to town property, and (3) expand prohibitions on biomass removal (with edits sought on leaf-compost language). Members also debated whether the town should assume responsibility for sidewalk aprons across driveways.
The Somerset Town Council directed the town attorney to prepare three ordinances for introduction: one to clarify the definition and application of the established building line (EBL) including treatment of cul‑de‑sac lots and unbuilt ('paper') intersections and to add criteria limiting curb cuts to one per lot; a second to prohibit on town property any pesticides the county registers as prohibited (incorporating the county list by reference); and…
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