Planning Board public hearing on proposed zoning changes for housing

Event Date: 
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 6:30pm

Town of Buckland Planning Board

Notice of Public Hearing- RESCHEDULED from August 26

Revisions to Zoning Bylaws

The Town of Buckland Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 at 6:30 p.m., via remote link. The purpose of this public hearing is to provide community members with the opportunity to comment on the proposed revisions to Buckland’s Zoning Bylaws.

The proposed revisions to the Zoning Bylaw include the following changes:

1) Amend Section II Definitions to add a new definition for modular home, and to revise the definitions for accessory apartments, trailers and mobile homes; amend Section IV Use Regulations to add Accessory Dwelling Unit – Detached as an allowable use by Special Permit in all zoning districts except Industrial; adopt a new Section 4-4 Accessory Dwelling Units (existing sections 4-4 to 4-6 will be renumbered);

2) Amend Section 5-2 Dimensional Schedule to revise the minimum lot area required for the Village Residential, Village Commercial, and Historic Industrial zoning districts from 20,000 square feet to 10,000 square feet, and revise the minimum frontage required for the same three districts from 100 feet to 75 feet; and

3) Adopt a new section 6-3 Village Open Space Residential Development (existing sections 6-3 and 6-4 will be renumbered).

A copy of the proposed revisions are available for inspection in the Town Clerk’s Office, 17 State Street, Shelburne Falls, MA 01370, during the Clerk’s regular business hours, and on the Buckland Planning Board’s webpage at: https://www.town.buckland.ma.us/planning-board.

To join the hearing:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81036282770?pwd=T2pwY1JtWmpWZDgxQzdGaGoyVk4zUT09

Meeting ID: 810 3628 2770

Passcode: 689143

Dial-in: 1 312 626 6799