The following rules are adopted in accordance
with MGL c. 40A, § 15.
Public hearings are scheduled for the fourth
Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Fuller Meadow School, 143
South Main Street, Middleton, MA.
[Amended 3-15-2016; 3-29-2016; 7-28-2020]
A nonrefundable fee of $200 (residential) or
$250 (commercial) payable to the Town of Middleton must be presented
to the Town Clerk at the time of filing of each application to cover
the costs of the legal notice publication and other expenses associated
with the required public hearing. Each petitioner may be subject to
additional billing if the expenses incurred for his hearing exceed
the deposit paid. The petitioner may receive a refund if the legal
notice has not been submitted for publishing.
For a single property, if the petitioner requires
a variance and site plan approval (or any combination of both variance,
finding, special permit and/or site plan approval), a separate application
and fee shall be filed. If more than one variance is required for
a single property, only one application is required but each variance
shall be separately described.
The last date to file all applications will
be 24 days before the scheduled meeting date at 12:00 noon.
Applications must be signed by the Building
Commissioner before being submitted to the Town Clerk.
The Board of Appeals will publish a notice of
public hearing on all applications filed in a newspaper of general
circulation in the Town of Middleton and will send notices to the
petitioner and abutters as certified by the Board of Assessors. The
Building Commissioner and any other administrative department whose
decision is being appealed or who or which has interest in the matter
will also be notified. Between notification of parties of interest
and the date of the hearing, there shall be an interval of at least
14 and not more than 31 days.
The Board of Appeals may not make a decision
on a site plan approval unless the recommendations have been received
from the Building Commissioner and the Planning Board.
These rules may be changed at any meeting of
the Board of Appeals by a vote of the members thereof.