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Planning commission to hold public forum as zoning bylaw rewrite moves forward
Summary
A liaison reported the planning commission is revising zoning bylaws, plans a public forum in September to present work in progress, and discussed recent state-level changes allowing an additional dwelling unit (ADU) for each property and related questions about multifamily buildings and lot-size rules.
The select board heard from its planning commission liaison that the commission is carefully working through zoning bylaw revisions and plans an open forum in September to present progress and solicit community feedback.
The liaison said the commission is differentiating conditional-use review from site-plan review and will leave conservation-area wording for later work; the commission also discussed how new state guidance on additional dwelling units (ADUs) will affect local rules, including questions such as whether multifamily buildings receive an ADU for each unit and how minimum lot-size and set-back rules would apply.
Board members encouraged public engagement and said the select board will await the commission’s progressive updates; no zoning decisions or amendments were adopted by the board at this meeting.
