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Board amends minutes to note state review for shoreland variance application
Summary
Planning board amended its April minutes to specify that the state (DEP) has the right to review a variance application because the application falls within the shoreland zone; the board approved the corrected minutes at the July 23 meeting.
The Town of Wayne Planning Board approved an amendment to the April 30, 2026 meeting minutes clarifying that the state has the right to review Philip Meron's variance application because it is within the shoreland zone. Moderator (S2) proposed the wording change after discussion about when state review applies; the board accepted the clarification and then voted to approve the minutes as amended.
S2 explained the reason for the change: the minutes previously said only that the state 'has the right to review' due to the nature of the variance, which some members found vague. S2 clarified that "the application for a variance is within the shoreland zone" and that DEP review applies to such shoreland applications, not to every variance. The board adopted the amended language to reduce ambiguity in the record.
