Townsend Planning Board LEGAL NOTICE

   In accordance with G.L. c. 40A, § 5, the Townsend Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, April 14, 2025, at 7:10 p.m., in person at 272 Main Street, Townsend, Massachusetts, regarding certain proposed amendments to the Town’s Zoning Bylaw, being Chapter 145 of the Town Code, as follows:

(i) by deleting, from Article IX, entitled “Special Provisions,” the entirety of Section 45, entitled “Floodplain District” and substituting a new Section 45 therefor, relative to the regulation of the Floodplain overlay district to comply with the requirements of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Flood insurance Program (NFIP); 

(ii) by adding to Zoning in Section entitled “Attachments” a map entitled “Townsend, MA Zoning Map” containing the Floodplain overlay district area effective as of 7/8/25. 

(iii) by amending Article IX, entitled “Special Provisions,” Section 54.1, entitled “Age-restricted development,” so as to reduce the acreage requirement for these developments to one (1) acre, so as to render the age restriction obligatory and to authorize the Planning Board to grant certain waivers.

The complete text of the proposed amendments, above, is available for review in the Land Use Office at Town Hall, address above, during normal business hours, or by e-mailing a request for digital copies to planning@townsendma.gov.  Remote access is provided as a courtesy, login credentials are as follows Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89196036724?pwd=INeKqH7qFfGDJqoSLnVegA3BdvhuwD.1

 Meeting ID: 891 9603 6724  Passcode: 121589

You are invited to attend the public hearing and participate in the discussion.  Any person wishing to be heard should appear on the date and at the time and place designated.  Comments may be sent to the Board at the above Town Hall address, or via e-mail as aforesaid, prior to the date and time of the public hearing.

Laura Shifrin, Chair

Townsend Planning Board

March 28, 2025 & April 4, 2025

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