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North Berwick board establishes committee to draft comp-plan amendment to meet new state housing law
Summary
The Select Board voted to form a planning committee to draft a brief amendment to the town's comprehensive plan so North Berwick can comply with a new state housing law that will change growth-zone density and minimum-lot-size rules; the draft will be posted for 30 days and likely sent to the November ballot.
The Town of North Berwick Select Board on April 21 voted to establish a planning committee, made up of current planning board members, to draft a targeted amendment to the town's comprehensive plan required by a recently enacted state housing law.
Town Manager Dwayne Moren told the board the amendment will be "literally changing five words" in the comp plan but is necessary so the town can remove Residential 1 from its designated growth zones and comply with state requirements set to affect towns statewide. Moren said the process is to prepare a draft, publish it for 30 days, hold a public hearing, then vote; staff suggested placing the question on the November ballot so voters can approve it at the regular…
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