Zoning Committee launches comprehensive bylaw review
Hull Zoning Bylaw Committee began identifying multiple areas for potential zoning amendment, from appurtenances to flood-elevation requirements and recent state law changes.
Hull Zoning Bylaw Committee began identifying multiple areas for potential zoning amendment, from appurtenances to flood-elevation requirements and recent state law changes.
Zoning Bylaw Committee unanimously approves prior minutes, sets regular meeting dates. Chair Susan Short Green and members Bartley Kelly, Abby Klieman, Ed Parsons, and Sara Ventetuolo voted to meet on the second Tuesday of each month and requested printed Hull Zoning Bylaws binders with page
Zoning Committee recommends passage of Article 32 height amendment for town meeting. The 5-1 vote advances a Flexible Plan Development proposal that reduces the prior 70-foot height allowance and clarifies rules for building appurtenances and floodplain-related special permits. Chair Susan Short
The Zoning Bylaw Committee recommended favorable action on three of four proposed zoning amendments for the 2026 Annual Town Meeting. Chair Susan Short Green presided over votes on the nonconforming uses "5-15 rule" amendment, which passed 4-1; the addition of museums as a permitted use in
The Zoning Bylaw Committee elected new leadership and directed staff to prepare tracked-change markup of Planning Board proposed amendments to Section 410 Flexible Plan Development regulations. Susan Short Green was elected Chair unanimously, Bartley Kelly as Vice Chair in a 6-1 vote (with Abby
Zoning Bylaw Committee deferred formal Nantasket Beach Overlay District review, citing lack of advance circulation of Planning Board feedback and marked-up notes received the morning of the meeting. Chair Bartley Kelly and four members attended; two were absent. In a separate vote, the committee
Zoning Bylaw Committee advances Nantasket Beach Overlay District amendments to Planning Board. Chair Bartley Kelly and members approved revisions addressing building massing and wall effects, with the 80-foot length limit now applying to any building facade instead of solely the front. The
Hull Zoning By-Law Committee delays reorganization and approves appurtenance rule revision. Chair Bartley Kelly postponed the election of leadership posts until a vacant seat is filled and Select Board Representative Jason McCann is present. The five-member panel voted unanimously to remove
Zoning Bylaw Committee votes unanimously to recommend striking the nonconforming expansion rule. Chair Bartley Kelly's committee backed removing Section 410.6.2, the "5/15 Rule," and also voted unanimously to require rooftop appurtenances to comply with zoning setbacks, addressing neighborhood
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