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Residents and council members urge keeping parking commission safeguards; warn of P&Z's legislative power
Summary
At a public hearing on Draft Report v9, town council members and residents urged the commission to preserve strong charter protections for the parking commission and highlighted planning and zoning's broad regulatory authority under state law.
The Charter Revision Commission opened a public hearing on its draft report and heard several hours of public testimony focused heavily on downtown parking and the scope of planning and zoning authority.
Kim Norton, a town council member, urged the commission to retain the charter’s existing, robust language governing the parking commission’s duties. She said the commission’s multi-step review process — which contemplates parking commission recommendation, Board of Selectmen consideration, police commission rulings on on-street policy,…
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