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Board reviews vehicle-weight ordinance draft; considers adding exemptions and road list
Summary
Denmark officials compared the town’s draft ordinance with a Maine Municipal Association template and discussed adding a detailed exemptions section and referencing a separate, annually updatable list of posted roads rather than embedding it in the ordinance text.
The Select Board reviewed a draft ordinance restricting vehicle weight on posted town roads and discussed whether to incorporate a more detailed exemptions section from the Maine Municipal Association template.
A board member noted the MMA draft includes an expanded exemptions paragraph and a frozen-road exemption; the board agreed it would be useful to add clearer language on exemptions. Town staff suggested referencing a separate attachment or annual addendum that lists posted roads so the ordinance text itself need not be revised each time the list changes.
Members also raised a procedural question about who must sign the posting ("municipal officers") and asked staff to confirm whether that term includes named town staff in their current roles. The board asked staff to bring a revised draft that standardizes role titles and includes an approach for keeping the posted-roads list current.
