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Town of Groton, MA
Middlesex County
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A. 
The Board of Health may review and revise its regulations and fee schedules, from time to time.
(1) 
The Board must do so within an advertised public hearing.
(2) 
Voting requirements shall be those spelled out in § 278-12B below.
(3) 
Any new regulations or alterations to the fee schedule shall take effect upon filing a copy of the amendments with the Groton Town Clerk.
B. 
The Board of Health will review its regulations and fee schedule on an annual basis.
(1) 
The Board may waive this provision in any year with a motion carried by a majority of the Board members.
(2) 
At the time of the Board of Health's annual review, the Board will consider any petitions submitted by an applicant or other member of the public to make revisions in the regulations or the fee schedules.
(a) 
This is the only review initiated by the public.
(b) 
Results of the hearing and any action or changes to the regulations or fee schedules undertaken by the Board are final.
The Board shall be required to make decisions, from time to time, about fees and about monies held in the 593 Account. The following rules shall apply:
A. 
Any practices which evolve whereby the Board exempts or reduces fees in a given, definable situation, not spelled out in these regulations, require the following:
(1) 
Such practices, once recognized, must be applied uniformly to the extent practical and possible.
(2) 
Such practices should be reviewed during the annual review hearing or sooner to see if they can be codified and incorporated into these regulations.
B. 
Decisions require the following Board of Health participation:
(1) 
Decisions about individual applications require motions affirmed by a majority of those present in order to carry.
(2) 
Decisions concerning revisions in the regulations or the fee schedules require motions affirmed by a majority of those holding office at the time of the vote regardless of the number of members in attendance during the vote.