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Municipalities weigh options for 3-acre residential sites without HOAs; Shelburne may raise fees
Summary
Committee members compared approaches to 3-acre residential sites lacking homeowners associations: some towns pull sites into their MS4 permits, others require HOAs or internal management, and Shelburne is considering a townwide stormwater fee increase to address unpaid co-permitting obligations.
Municipal representatives at the Sept. 3 MS4 Subcommittee meeting described differing local approaches to managing 3-acre residential sites that lack homeowners associations and therefore complicate co-permittee responsibilities.
"Shelburne has 10 residential 3-acre sites that Shelburne would be co-permittees with, 2 of which never had HOAs," Shayne Geiger said, explaining Shelburne's challenge. Annie Costandi said Essex pulled many 3-acre sites into its MS4…
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