The Planning & Development Department is responsible for administering and enforcing the Town's land use ordinance as well as federal and state regulations that govern land use. The department also ensures compliance with these rules and regulations by reviewing plans prior to construction and conducting inspections of the projects.
The Planning & Development Department issues all permits associated with projects, including building, plumbing, sign and land use permits. The department also is responsible for providing research and technical and staff support to the Planning Board and Board of Appeals.
This ordinance was adopted by Town Meeting June 16, 2005 (amended June 15, 2006 and February 12, 2008).
This plan has been broken up by the chapters so you don't have to download the whole file at once (it's rather large). High speed internet users can download all the articles in a ZIP file also below.