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Richmond Planning Board opens brief hearing, updates Rules of Procedure and accepts April minutes
Summary
At its May 5 meeting the Town of Richmond Planning Board opened and immediately closed a hearing to authorize non-substantive corrections to its Rules of Procedure, assigned proofreading and layout tasks for zoning ordinance corrections, accepted the April 21 minutes by unanimous voice vote, and adjourned at 7:43 PM.
The Town of Richmond Planning Board opened a hearing at 7:02 PM on May 5 to consider amending its Rules of Procedure to authorize non-substantive corrections for typographical, spelling, formatting and numbering errors. Chair Doug Smith opened the hearing and, with no members of the public in attendance, closed it at 7:02 PM.
Following the hearing, the board reviewed a set of technical corrections and formatting tasks related to the Zoning Ordinance and the Rules of Procedure. The board instructed Secretary Lisa Traeger to correct tabs, hard paragraph spacing, update the layout, and produce a new Table of Contents. Selectman representative Doug Bersaw was assigned to proof the document and return it for final discussion at the next regular meeting; publication is slated after that final review. Specific edits listed by the board included removing numbering from Article 17 (Definitions), verifying alphabetical order, adding paragraph headers to allow the Table of Contents to update, capitalizing sublistings, and removing numbering from Subdivision Regulation definitions.
The board handled routine business items before adjourning. Chair Doug Smith moved to accept the minutes from April 21, 2026; Doug Bersaw seconded and the board voted "all in favor," approving the minutes. Secretary Lisa Traeger was directed to price out the noted ASHTO manual (transcript spells this as "VVLV ASHTO Manual"; the exact reference and abbreviation were not specified in the record). Later in the meeting, Doug Bersaw moved to adjourn, Lisa Traeger seconded, and the motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 7:43 PM.
The board also recorded removing Article 1204 (Occupancy Permits) and section 1204.1 as no longer applicable; the transcript does not specify whether that removal was enacted by vote or noted for future publication.
