LEGAL NOTICE
ROWLEY ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

A Public Hearing will be held at the Rowley Town Hall Annex, 39 Central Street, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. to act on an application received March 12th, 2025 from Troy Spaulding on behalf of Dennis Travers. Applicant(s) is requesting a Special Permit from RZPB section 4.11.3.2 for a four lot residential subdivision proposed of two new houses, a re-constructed house and a retained existing house. The property is located at 45-47 Newbury Road in the Outlying district and is shown on Assessors’ Map 5 Block 62 Lot 1. At the public hearing, members of the public may ask questions and present evidence that supports either the approval or denial of this petition.

Thomas Heidgerd, Charman

Zoning Board of Appeals                                                                          4/2, 4/9

NOTICE OF AN ACTIVITY AND USE LIMITATION

28 Woodland Road

Georgetown, MA

RTN 3-33784

A release of oil has occurred at this location, which is a disposal site, as defined by M.G.L.c.21E and the Massachusetts Contingency Plan, 310 CMR 40.0000.  On March 07, 2025, recorded with the South Essex County Registry of Deeds, a Notice of Activity and Use Limitation on the disposal site, pursuant to 310 CMR 40.1070 through 40.1080.

The Notice of Activity and Use Limitation will limit the following site activities and uses on the above referenced property:

Based upon the risk characterization, an Activity and Use Limitation (AUL) is required for the entire property located at 28 Woodland Road in Georgetown, MA. The AUL would restrict use of the property to commercial uses and required a passive ventilation system within the existing building to limit human exposure/contact to potential indoor vapors. Future site redevelopment would require License Site Professional (LSP) opinion in regards to site excavation and building ventilation.

Any person interested in obtaining additional information about the Notice of Activity and Use Limitation may contact:

Christos Eliopoulos, Trustee / Manager

Woodland Road LLC

532 Water Street,

Wakefield, MA 01880

(978) 769-5483

The Notice of Activity and Use Limitation and disposal site information may be reviewed at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, Northeast Regional Office at 150 Presidential Way, Wilmington, MA 01887, 978 694-3200.      4/9

LEGAL NOTICE
ROWLEY ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS

A Public Hearing will be held at the Rowley Town Hall Annex, 39 Central Street, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. to act on an application received March 12th, 2025 from Troy Spaulding on behalf of Dennis Travers. Applicant(s) is requesting a Special Permit from RZPB section 4.11.3.2 for a four lot residential subdivision proposed of two new houses, a re-constructed house and a retained existing house. The property is located at 45-47 Newbury Road in the Outlying district and is shown on Assessors’ Map 5 Block 62 Lot 1. At the public hearing, members of the public may ask questions and present evidence that supports either the approval or denial of this petition.

Thomas Heidgerd, Charman

Zoning Board of Appeals                                                                        4/2 (4/9)

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

WHITTIER REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL SCHOOL

In accordance with Chapter 71, Section 38N of the Massachusetts General Laws, the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical School District’s School Committee will hold a public hearing on the FY 2025-2026 annual school budget at 6:00 p.m. in the School Committee conference room at the Whittier Regional Vocational Technical High School, 115 Amesbury Line Rd., Haverhill, MA on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.   A copy of the FY26 Recommended Budget may be downloaded from the school district website https://www.whittiertech.org/page/policies-and-documents or will be available in the office of the School Business Administrator beginning Wednesday, April 2, 2025 until Wednesday, April 9, 2025 from 8:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Monday through Friday.

4/2

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE UPDATE

GEORGETOWN PLANNING BOARD

Notice is hereby provided that the Town of Georgetown Planning Board will conduct a public hearing pursuant to M.G.L. c.40A, Sec. 5, on proposed amendments to the Town’s Zoning Bylaw Article IV Floodplain District §165-20 through §165-28 and update to the Town’s Floodplain Overlay District to be consistent with the newest version of the Federal Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and to update the language to be consistent with the State Model Bylaw.

The purpose of the hearing is to consider public comments regarding a Warrant Article proposed by the Georgetown Planning Board. These proposed changes will allow Georgetown to remain as a participating community in the National Flood Insurance Program.

The public hearing will be held on Wednesday, 9 APRIL 2025 at 7:15 p.m. This hearing will be held virtually via Zoom, at which time all interested persons may appear and be heard in relation thereto. The link to the Zoom meeting will be available on the Planning Board’s agenda which can be found on the Town’s Calendar of Upcoming Events at www.Georgetownma.gov 48 hours prior to the Public Hearing. The full text of the proposed amendments and potential map are on file and available for inspection during normal business hours at Town Hall in the Planning Office, 1 Library Street, Georgetown, MA and can be viewed online at: https://georgetownma.gov/government/boards___commissions/planning_board/index.php#outer-3692

The above-cited remote meeting connection information will be included on the Planning Board meeting agenda for 9 APRIL 2025, which will be posted on the Town of Georgetown website no less than 48 hours prior to the meeting. Further, the meeting will be broadcast live on the Georgetown Local Access Cable TV Channel 9. Video recordings of this meeting, and all Georgetown Planning Board meetings may be found at www.georgetownma.gov by choosing the Community TV option.

ZOOM: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87117862941
Meeting ID: 87117 862941     Passcode: 988004

For more information about these Public Hearings or if you were unable to attend the hearing and would like to communicate your concerns or questions about this topic, please send an eMail to the Town Planner at FOConnor@GeorgetownMA.gov. Written correspondence received before noon on the day of the hearing will be accepted and read into the record.

Frank O’Connor, Jr.

Planner for Town of Georgetown                                                            3/26, 4/2

LEGAL NOTICE

ROWLEY CONSERVATION COMMISSION

In accordance with the Wetlands Protection Act, Mass. G.L. 131, Section 40, as amended, and the Town of Rowley Wetlands Protection Bylaw, a public meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 at 7:45 PM at the Fire Station to consider a Request for Determination of Applicability application filed by Edward Surette  for proposed grading and spreading of an existing loam stockpile, adding scattered rocks to existing stonewalls, and hydroseeding loam to establish vegetative cover portions within the 100′ Buffer Zone to Bordering Vegetated Wetlands at 293 Wethersfield Street (Map 23, Parcel  Lot 47) in Rowley, MA.

Daniel Shinnick, Chairman

Rowley Conservation Commission                                                              3/26

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE UPDATE

GEORGETOWN PLANNING BOARD

Notice is hereby provided that the Town of Georgetown Planning Board will conduct a public hearing pursuant to M.G.L. c.40A, Sec. 5, on proposed amendments to the Town’s Zoning Bylaw Article IV Floodplain District §165-20 through §165-28 and update to the Town’s Floodplain Overlay District to be consistent with the newest version of the Federal Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) and to update the language to be consistent with the State Model Bylaw.

The purpose of the hearing is to consider public comments regarding a Warrant Article proposed by the Georgetown Planning Board. These proposed changes will allow Georgetown to remain as a participating community in the National Flood Insurance Program.

The public hearing will be held on Wednesday, 9 APRIL 2025 at 7:15 p.m. This hearing will be held virtually via Zoom, at which time all interested persons may appear and be heard in relation thereto. The link to the Zoom meeting will be available on the Planning Board’s agenda which can be found on the Town’s Calendar of Upcoming Events at www.Georgetownma.gov 48 hours prior to the Public Hearing. The full text of the proposed amendments and potential map are on file and available for inspection during normal business hours at Town Hall in the Planning Office, 1 Library Street, Georgetown, MA and can be viewed online at: https://georgetownma.gov/government/boards___commissions/planning_board/index.php#outer-3692

The above-cited remote meeting connection information will be included on the Planning Board meeting agenda for 9 APRIL 2025, which will be posted on the Town of Georgetown website no less than 48 hours prior to the meeting. Further, the meeting will be broadcast live on the Georgetown Local Access Cable TV Channel 9. Video recordings of this meeting, and all Georgetown Planning Board meetings may be found at www.georgetownma.gov by choosing the Community TV option.

ZOOM: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87117862941
Meeting ID: 87117 862941     Passcode: 988004

For more information about these Public Hearings or if you were unable to attend the hearing and would like to communicate your concerns or questions about this topic, please send an eMail to the Town Planner at FOConnor@GeorgetownMA.gov. Written correspondence received before noon on the day of the hearing will be accepted and read into the record.

Frank O’Connor, Jr.

Planner for Town of Georgetown                                                            3/26, 4/2

Form 299                                                                              Date:  March 14, 2025

Attorney General’s Notice

Pursuant to G.L. c. 40, § 32

Town of Georgetown — Case No. 11665

Special Town Meeting of December 9, 2024

Article # 3

Attorney General’s Limited Authority to Waive Procedural Defects in the Notice of the Planning Board Hearing

Pursuant to the provisions of  G.L. c. 40, § 32, if the Attorney General finds there to be any defect in the procedure of adoption or amendment of any zoning by-law relating to the form or content of the notice of the Planning Board hearing prescribed by G.L. c. 40A, § 5, or to the manner or dates on which said notice is mailed, posted or published as required by that section, then instead of disapproving the by-law or amendment by reason of any such defect, the Attorney General may elect to proceed under the defect waiver provisions of G.L. c. 40, § 32. Under those provisions, the Attorney General is conditionally authorized to waive any such defect.

Defect Determined in Notice of Planning Board Hearing

The Attorney General has determined that the planning board hearing notice relating to the above Article failed to comply with the notice requirements for such hearing established by G.L. c. 40A, § 5. Section 5 provides in part (with emphasis added):

No zoning…by-law or amendment thereto shall be adopted until after the planning board in a…town has…held a public hearing thereon…at which interested persons shall be given an opportunity to be heard….  Notice of the time and place of such hearing, of the subject matter, sufficient for identification, and of the place where texts and maps thereof may be inspected shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the…town once in each of two successive weeks, the first publication to be not less than fourteen days before the day of said hearing, and by posting such notice in a conspicuous place in the…town hall for a period of not less than fourteen days before the day of said hearing. Notice of said hearing shall also be sent by mail, postage prepaid to the executive office of housing and livable communities, the regional planning agency, if any, and to the planning board of each abutting city and town.…In cases involving boundary, density or use changes within a district, notice shall be sent to any such nonresident property owner who has filed such a request with the city or town clerk and whose property lies in the district where the change is sought.

Based on the materials submitted to this Office, we have identified the following defect: the Planning Board hearing notice that was posted and published did not provide notice of the place where the text (and maps if any) of the proposed zoning amendment may be inspected, as required by G.L. c. 40A, § 5. For this reason, the 90-day period prescribed for the Attorney General’s review of Article 3 is suspended in accordance with G.L. c. 40, § 32.

Attorney General’s Election to Proceed Under the Waiver Provisions of G.L. c. 40, § 32

The Attorney General has elected to proceed under the limited defect waiver authority conferred by G.L. c. 40, § 32.

Suspension of Review of Zoning By-Law Amendments

The 90-day period prescribed by law for the Attorney General’s review of local by-laws is therefore suspended in accordance with the provisions of G.L. c. 40, § 32.

Posting and Publication of This Notice

The Town Clerk shall post a true copy of this Notice in a conspicuous place in the Georgetown Town Hall for a period of not less than 14 days and shall publish a copy once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Georgetown.

Filing of Claim That Defect in Notice Was Misleading or Otherwise Prejudicial

Within 21 days of the date on which this Notice is published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Georgetown, any resident of the Town of Georgetown, or the owner of any real property in the Town of Georgetown or any other party entitled to notice of the planning board hearing may file with the Town Clerk a written statement that the notice defect was misleading or otherwise prejudicial. The statement must include the reasons supporting the claim that the defect in the Planning Board Notice was misleading or otherwise prejudicial. This statement must be actually on file with the Town Clerk not later than 21 days from the date on which this Notice is published in the newspaper.

Town Clerk’s Certification of Compliance with This Notice

After the expiration of the 21-day period, the Town Clerk shall submit to the Attorney General a true copy of this Notice with a certification of compliance with the publishing and posting requirements of the preceding paragraph, and a certification that either (a) no claim was filed within the 21-day period, or (b) one or more claims were filed within the 21-day period. The Town Clerk shall submit to the Attorney General true copies of any such claim(s).

Resumption of Attorney General’s Review

Upon receipt of one original copy of this Notice with the Clerk’s certification, the 90-day period provided for the Attorney General’s review under G.L. c. 40, § 32, shall resume. If no claim is made, the Attorney General has the discretion to waive any such defect; if any claim is made, however, the Attorney General may not waive any such defect.

Note:  By not filing a claim under this provision, a person shall not be deprived of the right to assert a claim of invalidity arising out of any possible defect in the procedure of adoption or amendment, as provided in G.L. c. 40, § 32, and in G.L. c. 40A, § 5.

PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE UPDATE

GEORGETOWN PLANNING BOARD

Notice is hereby provided that the Town of Georgetown Planning Board will conduct a public hearing pursuant to M.G.L. c.40A, Sec. 5, on proposed amendments to the Zoning Bylaw §165-104 Age and occupancy restriction as well as §165-112 Number of dwelling units per development. The purpose of the hearing is to consider public comments regarding a Warrant Article proposed by the Georgetown Planning Board. These proposed changes will remove a discrepancy in the bylaws and help increase the Town’s Subsidized Housing Index.

The public hearing will be held on Wednesday, 26 MARCH 2025 at 7:15 p.m. This hearing will be held virtually via Zoom, at which time all interested persons may appear and be heard in relation thereto. The link to the Zoom meeting will be available on the Planning Board’s agenda which can be found on the Town’s Calendar of Upcoming Events at www.Georgetownma.gov 48 hours prior to the Public Hearing. The full text of the proposed amendments and potential map are on file and available for inspection during normal business hours at Town Hall in the Planning Office, 1 Library Street, Georgetown, MA and can be viewed online at:

https://cms5.revize.com/revize/georgetownma/Potential%20BYLAW%20Updates%20Sec165-104%20&%20165-112%20MAY2025.pdf

The above-cited remote meeting connection information will be included on the 26 MARCH 2025 Planning Board meeting agenda, which will be posted on the Town of Georgetown website no less than 48 hours prior to the meeting. Further, the meeting will be broadcast live on the Georgetown Local Access Cable TV Channel 9. Video recordings of this meeting, and all Georgetown Planning Board meetings may be found at www.georgetownma.gov by choosing the Community TV option.

Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86873284557
Meeting ID: 868 7328 4557    Passcode: 390837

For more information about these Public Hearings or if you were unable to attend the hearing and would like to communicate your concerns or questions about this application, please send an eMail to the Town Planner at FOConnor@GeorgetownMA.gov. Written correspondence received before noon on the day of the hearing will be accepted and read into the record.

Frank O’Connor, Jr.

Planner for Town of Georgetown                                                      3/12, 3/19

LEGAL NOTICE – PUBLIC INFORMATIONAL HEARING

GEORGETOWN COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

The Georgetown Community Preservation Committee will hold a Public Informational Hearing on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. to provide the community with an opportunity to learn and comment about projects to be considered for recommendation of funding by the voters of Georgetown at the May 2025 Annual and Special Town Meeting. The Hearing will be held in person at the Georgetown Town Hall (1 Library St) and remotely via Zoom.

Join the Hearing at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89204612088.
Meeting ID: 892 0461 2088   Passcode: 449172

Projects to be discussed for recommendation include but are not limited to:

Annual Reservations to the CPA Core Categories and Administrative Reservation

Community Housing Category–Affordable Housing Trust Block Grant

Community Housing Category– Hazardous Tree Removal

Recreational Category – American Legion Park benches, docks, and bathroom rehabilitation

Recreational Category – Replacement of scoreboard at American Legion Park

Recreational Category – Fitness court additional funding

Recreational Category – Equitable Access to Perley School Playground

A review of the Community Preservation Plan which will identify short and long term goals and needs for town recreational, historical, and housing resources.

If approved by the voters, certain projects will be paid for with the funds available to Georgetown as defined in M.G.L Chapter 44B, the Community Preservation Act. For more information, visit the Community Preservation tab of the Georgetown website at www.georgetownma.gov.

The Community Preservation Committee welcomes any questions and comments regarding these projects. If you are unable to participate in this meeting, please send your questions or comments to araspa@georgetownma.gov.

The Community Preservation Committee would like to thank the residents of Georgetown for their continued support.

Alicia Raspa,

Chair, Georgetown Community Preservation Committee                               3/5, 3/12