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Planning commission finds missing residential lot‑width entry in bylaws; flags for correction
Summary
While updating the town plan, commissioners discovered that the residential minimum area/lot‑width entry in the bylaws is blank in the current copy; they agreed to flag the omission for correction in the 2027 update and to place an editorial note for the interim.
As the commission reviewed the draft town plan, members discovered that the residential minimum area and lot‑width standard was blank in the current bylaws document. Commissioners said the omission appears in the published 2022 copy and noted that earlier versions (2011) contained the intended value (commonly 300 feet in other districts), meaning the omission likely occurred during the last update.
Committee members agreed to flag the blank entry and to plan a formal correction in the next regulatory update cycle (noted as 2027 in the meeting). One commissioner observed that this was not merely a copy error: "That is that is definitely blank," and members discussed locating older versions or town‑report records to recover the intended standard. They agreed to indicate in the plan that the missing item should be corrected and to include an editorial marker in the draft.
