Fresh off a successful Town Meeting for their proposed and passed Article S1, the Marion Planning Board met on Monday to discuss the newly adopted MS4 bylaw.
Before discussions, Chair Andrew Daniel moved to dissolve the Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) Subcommittee. As said group was formed to draft the bylaw, it is now no longer needed, and the board voted to dissolve it.
The board moved into a public hearing on the town’s Stormwater Management Bylaw and Subdivision Control Law. The plan was to merge in other stormwater-management regulations relating to subdivisions to fit next to the new MS4 Bylaw. “By marrying the two, we basically completed the tasks that were assigned to us by the (Environmental Protection Agency),” Daniel said. Vice-Chair Alanna Nelson added that it would make everything easier if it could be one unified process. “They’re going to follow the same process,” she said, referring to different potential residential projects.
This streamlining alleviates any confusion, while also making it easier for the EPA to confirm the town holds proper regulations. This hearing was continued to the board’s next meeting.
The next meeting of the Marion Planning Board will be on Monday, December 15 at 7:00 pm in the Marion Police Department, 550 Mill Street.
Marion Planning Board
By Sam Bishop