Information for Meeting of Board of Planning and Community Development
Wednesday September 23, 2020 7:00 PM EDT

NOTE: Pursuant to Governor Baker’s March 12, 2020 Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law, G.L. c. 30A, §18, and the Governor’s March 15, 2020 Order imposing strict limitation on the number of people that may gather in one place, this meeting of the Athol Board of Planning and Community Development will be conducted via remote participation. Specific information and the general guidelines for remote participation by members of the public and/or parties with a right and/or requirement to attend this meeting can be found on the Town’s website, at www.athol-ma.gov.

For this meeting, members of the public who wish to watch the meeting may do so in the following manner:

• via Zoom, which is available both online and over telephone:

Topic: Board of Planning and Community Development (BPCD) September 23, 2020 Meeting
Time: Wednesday, September 23, 2020 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) for the following scheduled Zoom webinar-based meeting.

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AGENDA

I.	Call to Order

II.	Approval of September 2, 2020 Meeting Minutes

III.	7:10 Public Hearing on proposed amendments to the Athol Zoning Bylaw:

a.	Amendment to Section 2.3, Use Regulation Schedule, to change permitting of Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations from by-right to Special Permit in the R-C District and from Special Permit to prohibited in all other Zoning Districts (BPCD Sponsored)
b.	Amendment to Section 3.24, Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations, to fully replace Section 3.24 with a new set of Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations (BPCD Sponsored)
c.	 Amendment to Section 3.24, Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations, to fully replace Section 3.24 with a new set of Ground-Mounted Solar Photovoltaic Installations (Citizen-Petition Sponsored)
d.	Battery Storage Energy Systems, new Section 3.30 (BPCD Sponsored)
e.	Amendment to Section 2.3, Intensity of Use Schedule Maximum Building  Requirements by deleting the Floor Area Ratio requirements (BPCD Sponsored)

IV.	Information about upcoming Ellen Bigelow/Riverbend School Property Housing Re-Development Project Proposal Neighborhood Open House, Saturday, Sept. 26th from 10:30am to 1:00pm

V.	Anticipated Upcoming Meetings: Topics for next regular committee meeting (October 7, 2020) discussed: potential new permit applications public hearings and other topics planned for discussion. Note: the regular monthly November BPCD meeting will on Tuesday, November 10th (not Wednesday, Nov. 4th) this year. 

VI.	Adjournment