| Agenda: | The Town of Berlin Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 7, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. at the Berlin Memorial School, South Street, Berlin. The purpose of the public hearing is to provide interested parties with an opportunity to comment on proposals to amend the Town of Berlin Zoning By-Law pursuant to M.G.L. c.40 A section 5 to be acted upon at the Annual Town Meeting to be held May 7, 2018. The proposed amendments to the Zoning By-law would be:
Article 1: To see if the Town will vote to amend Section 541 Table of Home-Based Contracting Business by adding the word “registered” before the word “vehicle” in each of the three categories.
Article 2: To see if the Town will vote to amend the Zoning By-Law Section 590 Large-Scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations by adding a new Section 593 which would allow Large-scale ground-mounted solar photovoltaic installations to be sited in the Residential-Agricultural Zone if they have a minimum of 50 acres, protect with a covenant an amount of land equivalent to the acreage utilized for the photovoltaic installation that is acceptable to the requirements of the Berlin Conservation Commission and the Berlin Board of Selectmen which shall run concurrently with the lease for the photovoltaic installation, provide adequate screening and meet all provisions in Section 590.
And in Section 320 Table of Principal Use Regulations delete the line:
RA MD CV C LB LI ACR
Large-Scale Ground-Based Solar N N N N R R N
Photovoltaic Installations
And replace it with the following:
RA MD CV C LB LI ACR
Large-Scale Ground-Mounted Solar SR N N N R R N
Photovoltaic Installations
A full copy of the proposed Zoning by-law amendments is on file with the Town Clerk for review during normal Town Clerk office hours or at www.mytowngovernment.org.
For the Board,
Timothy H. Wheeler |