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Planning Board Zoning & General Bylaw Amendment Proposals: 2015 to Present

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FinCom: Finance & Warrant Commission
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Description	Proposed Zoning Change	Public Hearing Notice	Status
Annual Town Meeting 2024 7 General & Zoning Bylaw Articles	All Articles Final Draft Proposed Zoning Map 2/27/24 2/12/24 Housing Partnership MUMFROD Recommendation About the MBTA Communities Law PRE-HEARING MEETINGS 12/5/23 Planning Board Video 12/6/23 FinCom* Video 12/19/23 Planning Board Video \| Meeting Packet	Planning Board 1/9/2024 Video \| Meeting Packet Planning Board 1/30/24 Video \| Meeting Packet Planning Board 2/13/24 Video \| Meeting Packet FinCom 2/27/24 Video \| Presentation Planning Board 3/12/24 Video \| Meeting Packet FinCom* 3/26/24	Opened 1/9/24 Continued to 1/30/24 Continued to 2/13/24 Continued to 2/27/24 FinCom 2/28/24 FinCom CANCELED - ALL WORK COMPLETE Continued to, Closed, & Recommended All Articles for Approval 3/12/24 Attending & Participating in 3/26/24 FinCom* Attending & Participating in 3/27/24 FinCom* CANCELED - ALL WORK COMPLETE All Articles Approved at 5/6/24 Town Meeting
Annual Town Meeting 2023 5 Zoning & General Bylaw Articles	Watch Public Hearing 3/28/2023 Meeting Packet	Tuesday, 2/7/23 @ 7 p.m,	Opened 2/7/23 Continued to 2/28/23 Continued to 3/1/23 FinCom Continued to 3/7/23 Continued to 3/28/23 FinCom Continued to, Closed, & Recommended All Articles 4/11/23 All Articles Approved at 5/1/23 Town Meeting
Annual Town Meeting 2022 6 Zoning Articles	6 warrant articles Full article language proposed and more information Click for 2/1/22 Meeting Material Watch 2/1 Hearing Here Click for 2/15/2022 Meeting Material with article revisions Planning Board's zoning articles for 3/1/2022 Meeting Memo to FinCom March 1st PowerPoint Zoning articles revised through March 8, 2022	Public Hearing Notice for Tuesday, 2/1/22 at 7:00 pm via Zoom	Opened 2/1/22 Continued to 2/15/22 Continued to 3/1/22 FinCom Continued to 3/8/22 Continued to 3/22/22 Continued to 3/29/22 FinCom Continued to, Closed, & Recommended All Articles 4/12/22 All Articles Approved at 5/2/2022 Town Meeting
Annual Town Meeting 2021 Zoning Articles	Proposed zoning articles. Initial article placeholders. View public hearing notice with full text and map. Medical Use Article Frequently Asked Questions Revised Articles with full text forwarded to the Finance & Warrant Commission Rev'd 3/1/21 Here Watch 3/1/21 Meeting Here March 8 PowerPoint to Fin Com Zoning Legal Opinion Revisions made and updated articles forwarded to Fin Com on 3/16/21 Revised Articles 3/18/21 Memo to Fin Com Final Recommendation to Town Meeting	Public Hearing Notice for Monday, 3/1/21 at 7:00 pm via Zoom	Public hearing opened 3/1/21, continued to Mon. 3/8/21, continued to 3/16/21, continued to 3/29/21, continued to 4/6/21. Public hearing closed on 4/6/21. Planning Board recommended Town Meeting Approval of all six articles. All 6 zoning articles approved at Town Meeting on 5/3/2021.
Annual Town Meeting 2020 Zoning Articles	Planning Board Final Report with recommendations Planning Board 2/25/2020 Recommendation with full article language revised. Zoning Articles - Full Article Text Planning Memo to Fin Com Draft Article 5 - Medical Uses Presentation from 1/21/20 Meeting	Public Hearing Notice for Tuesday, 2/25/20 at 7:00 pm	Public hearing opened 2/25/20, continued to 3/2/20, continued to 3/17/20. Public hearing closed on 3/17/20. Final Recommendation on all Zoning Amendments here. Warrant Reduced to Financial Articles only due to pandemic. No action was taken on proposed zoning amendment articles.
Annual Town Meeting 2019 Zoning Articles	Planning Board sponsoring zoning articles. Text of Changes. Material for 2/26/19 Material for 3/12/19 Modified warrant articles on 3/12. Planning Board Recommendation for 3/25 Meeting with the Finance & Warrant Commission Zoning Legal Review Planning Board Recommendation Revised March 19, 2019 Final Zoning Amendment Article Language 4/23/19 Planning Board Meeting Material Final Report & Recommendation	Public Hearing 2/26/19, continued to 3/4, & 3/12 Public Hearing Notice 4/23/19 Planning Board Report & Recommendation to Town Meeting	Planning Board Report to Fin Com for March 4 Fin Com Meeting Planning Board Report to Fin Com for March 25 Fin Com meeting. Planning Board Report Revised on March 19, 2019 On April 23, 2019 the Board voted to make a recommendation to Town Meeting on 5 zoning amendments Articles 18, 19, 20, & 22 were approved at Annual Town Meeting May 6 2019. Article 21 was indefinitely postponed.
Annual Town Meeting 2018 Zoning Articles Originally proposed Zoning Amendments Petition Article - Residential Limit for 30 dwellings FMUOD 6 & 7	Article 13 - Proposed Zoning Map Change Article related to size of retail establishments was withdrawn. Two Zoning Amendments: Articles 13 & 15 Summary to Finance & Warrant Commission for 3/26/18 Visuals Staff 3/26 Presentation Proposed Warrant Articles - As presented on 3/5/18 to Fin Com Planning Board 2/27 Recommendation	Hearing on Mon. 4/23 Library 7:00 pm Continued Public Hearing Fin Com Book for 3/26/18 Public Hearing Notice 2/27 & 4/10/18	Zoning Map Approved by Attorney General Sept. 2018 Article 13 - Passed Amended Zoning Map Article 15 - Did not Pass Planning Board Report to Town Meeting Full Annual Town Meeting Warrant Book Public Hearing Opened 2/27, closed on 5/15/18
Fall Town Meeting 2017 4 Zoning Articles	Proposed changes Revised Zoning voted on 10/3/17 Presentation from 10/3/17 Planning Board Hearing Presentation to Fin Com 10/17/17 Handout Fall Town Meeting Warrant Book	Public Hearing 10/3/17	Town Meeting 11/13/17 - Warrant Book Planning Board Recommendation to Town Meeting Article 5 did not pass, Articles 10, 11 & 12 Approved Updated Zoning Bylaw, November 2017 Disapproved July 2018 by Attorney General due to procedural defect
Annual Town Meeting 2017 11 Zoning Articles	View full zoning languageand proposed map 2/28 presentation	Public Hearing 2/28/17	Zoning Bylaw and Map Approved May 1-2, 2017
Petition Article J. Wolfe	Housing Demolition Moratorium	Public Hearing 2/28/17	Did not pass
Petition Article D. Conant	Remove multi-family housing use from FMUOD 6 & 7	Public Hearing 2/28/17	Did not pass
Petition Article D. Conant	Remove footnote from Alternative Dimensions Table for FMUOD Sec. 9.5	Public Hearing 2/28/17	Did not pass
Annual Town Meeting 2016 7 Zoning Articles	View zoning language	Public Hearing 2/9/16	Zoning Bylaw Approved May 2, 2016
Special Fall Town Meeting 2016 8 Zoning Articles	View zoning language	Public Hearing 9/30/15	Zoning Bylaw Approved November 9, 2015
Petition Article E. Richardson	Re-zone property at 220-310 Providence Highway from Single Residence B (SRB) to Highway Business (HB)	Public Hearing 2/24/15	Did not pass
Annual Town Meeting 2015 10 Zoning Articles	View zoning language	Public Hearing 2/24/15, updated	Historic Demo Delay & Senior Residential articles did not pass, all others approved. Zoning Bylaw Approved May 4, 2015