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Chesterfield Planning Board schedules master plan review, flags zoning definitions for update
Summary
At its April 6 meeting the Town of Chesterfield Planning Board approved minutes, set a subcommittee review of the master plan (first 60 pages) with a follow-up on April 28, 2026, recorded the withdrawal of a minor subdivision application for Map 11B Lot A13, and asked staff to track ordinance definitions for recreational facilities, noncommercial uses and junkyards.
The Town of Chesterfield Planning Board approved the March 16, 2026 meeting minutes and set a timetable for further review of the town master plan at its April 6, 2026 meeting. Beverly Bernard moved to approve the minutes as presented; Selectman Representative Fran Shippee seconded and the board voted unanimously to adopt them.
The board heard a report from Selectman Representative Fran Shippee that the master plan subcommittee has committed to review the first 60 pages of the draft and will meet again on April 28, 2026, at 4:30 p.m. Shippee said the review schedule is intended to break the master plan into manageable sections for committee review and follow-up discussion with the full board.
The agenda noted that a Minor Subdivision Application for Map 11B Lot A13 (listed in the agenda as David Gale - 11B/A13) was withdrawn and did not proceed to a public hearing or vote. The board announced a forthcoming conceptual consultation for Map 6-A2 (15.79 acres on Westmoreland Road) at the next meeting; the board reiterated that conceptual consultations are non-binding on either party and that minutes are not maintained for those consultations.
Board members also identified several zoning ordinance items for future work. Shippee urged the board to keep a running list of zoning items to consider for ordinance changes, calling specifically for clearer definitions of “recreational facilities” and what the town intends by “noncommercial” uses. James Hancock said several items left unchanged during last year’s review require additional discussion. Shippee added that the definition of “junkyards” should be revised and noted that the junkyard definition belongs in the ordinance definition section, not scattered across unrelated articles.
No formal land-use approvals or ordinance amendments were adopted at the meeting. The board’s next steps include the master plan subcommittee meeting on April 28 and a conceptual consultation on Map 6-A2 slated for the next regular meeting.
