All Entries in the "Chester Planning Commission" Category
Chester residents slow Planning Board action on development bylaws
By Shawn Cunningham © 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC The June 20 Chester Planning Commission meeting was a testy affair as the board tried to wrap up the changes to the Unified Development Bylaws and move the process toward Select Board adoption while a group of residents questioned a number of the board’s procedural as well […]
Chester Planning board to address flood risk at March 21 public meeting
The Chester Planning Commission will hold a special public meeting at 6 p.m. Monday, March 21 at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. in Chester, to discuss minimizing risks from future flooding in the town. The Planning Commission is embarking on a planning process to better understand the community’s risks associated with flooding, and identify policies […]
Economic development for Chester: What does it mean to you?
© 2016 Telegraph Publishing LLC On Monday Feb. 1, the Chester Planning Commission will hold a public hearing to take suggestions and comments to use in drafting a new section about economic development for the Chester Town Plan. Several organizations — including the Chester Economic Development Committee, the Springfield Regional Development Corp. and the Okemo […]
Chester business owners seek changes to sign regulations
By Shawn Cunningham ©Telegraph Publishing LLC — 2014 About 25 people, most of them local business owners, attended the Chester Planning Commission’s Dec. 1 meeting to tell members about problems they have had with the current and past sign laws and offer advice on what they think is needed in the new sign ordinance that […]
Chester sign regs to be addressed Monday: Public, business input sought
The Chester Planning Commission, which recently revised zoning regulations into new Unified Development Bylaws, will take up a revision of the town’s sign ordinances at its Monday, Dec. 1 meeting. (Read sign regulations at right.) The ordinance was left as is in the bylaws, since revising it was deemed too complex and several members questioned […]
Planning commission to look at sign regulations
On Monday, October 20, 2014, the Chester Planning Commission will meet to take up the subject of the town’s sign regulations. The commission set the regulations aside for separate review during its recent drafting of development bylaws. The meeting will be held at 7p.m. at Town Hall, 556 Elm St. The full agenda is below. […]
