The Marion Planning Board met on Monday for a continued public hearing on the proposed adoption of stormwater management regulations to the Stormwater Management Bylaw.
First, the board approved the payment of an invoice to Toll Brothers Inc. for a Field Engineering Peer Preview of an unspecified amount. Then, they moved to the Public Hearing.
The changes include a definition change, plugged the Environmental Protection Agency’s definition of “Larger Common Plan of Development.” Chair Andrew Daniel read the definition from the agency’s Stormwater Handbook, stating: “A continuous area where multiple separate and distinct construction activities may be taking place at different times on different schedules. Under one common plan, the common plan is any announcement of a piece of documentation including a sign, public notice, hearing, sales pitch, advertisement, drawing permit, application, zoning request, computer design, et cetera. Or physical demarcation including boundaries, signs,
lost stakes, surveyor markings, et cetera. Indicated that construction activities may occur on a specific plot.”
Most work at this meeting revolved around making the bylaw more concise and more generally understandable, specifically pertaining to Subdivision Regulations §300-4.6 of the bylaw.
The Public Hearing was continued to the next meeting.
The next meeting of the Marion Planning Board and hearings on the continuing process for the Stormwater Management Bylaw will be on Monday, January 5, 2026, at 7:00 pm in the Marion Police Department.
Marion Planning Board
By Sam Bishop