Hearing April 17 for new zoning, development regulations

As part of its regular Wednesday April 17^th meeting, the Chester Select Board will hold a hearing on the proposed “Unified Development Bylaws.” Formulated by the Chester Planning Commission, the bylaws, combine zoning regulations, subdivision regulations and flood hazard standards. The Planning Commission held a public hearing for comments on Aug. 20, 2012.

Click here for the story on that meeting, which was attended by more than 30 people who asked questions and made suggestions that the Planning Commission considered throughout the fall and winter.

Click here for the latest draft of the bylaws. The bylaws represent substantial changes to lot sizes and conditional uses as well as tightening noise standards and other changes. A small number of the changes suggested in August were incorporated in the document.