Townsend Legals

   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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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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Notice of Simplified License Application pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 91

24-WW-PRE-0104-APP

NOTIFICATION DATE: Feb 14, 2025

PERMITTEE: Rob Becker

PROJECT SITE ADDRESS: 50 Sauna Row Road, Townsend MA

Public notice is hereby given of the application for a Chapter 91 Simplified License by Rob Becker to construct/maintain a Season/non-permanent dock in the waters of Vinton Pond at 50 Sauna Row Road, Townsend Massachusetts.

The Department will consider all written comments on this Waterways application received by within 30 days of the “Notification Date”. Failure of any aggrieved person or group of ten citizens or more to submit written comments to the Waterways Regulation Program will result in the waiver of any right to an adjudicatory hearing in accordance with 310 CMR 9.13(4)(c). The group of citizens must include at least five citizens who are residents of the municipality in which the proposed project is located. 

Project plans for this Waterways application are on file for public viewing electronically, by request to dep.waterways@mass.gov. If you do not have access to email, please leave a voicemail at (617) 292-5929 and you will be contacted with information on alternative options.

It is recommended that public comments be filed electronically with dep.waterways@mass.gov when possible. Alternatively, comments may be mailed to the Waterways Regulation Program at: 1 Winter Street, 5^th Floor, Boston, MA 02108.

2/14/2025 D

Pursuant to the Massachusetts Wetlands Protection Act and the Townsend Wetlands Bylaw, the Townsend Conservation Commission will hold a public hearing on Wednesday, November 13, 2024 at approximately 7:35 pm. The hearing will be held virtually via Zoom meeting and in person at Town Hall, on a Notice of Intent (NOI) filed with the Conservation Commission by Brad Hawn. The property is located at 1 Brown Road (Assessor’s Map 36, Parcel 31, Lot  1). 

The proposed project is for the construction of an addition and deck to an existing single family house. Part of the construction will take place within 100 feet of a Bordering Vegetated Wetland.

Parties wishing to speak in support of, or in opposition to, this application may do so at the meeting or in writing prior to the meeting. Copies of this application are available for review at Town Hall during business hours. 

Jessica Consolvo

Land Use Coordinator

11/1/2024 C