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residential neighborhood for the
purpose of making a delivery, or for
performing work, or during lunchtime,
or on an irregular basis
The renting of rooms or the furnishing Y Y N N N N N N N N
of table board in a dwelling to not more
than two (2) persons other than
members of the family (whether
regular or transient)
Greenhouse, tool shed, playhouse, Y Y N N Y N N N N N
tennis court, boat house, or other
similar building or structure for
domestic storage or use.
Short-term rental6 Y Y Y Y Y N N N N N
Parking Garage, pursuant to N N BA BA BA BA BA BA BA N
Section 6.1.14
Drive-in or drive-through facilities N N BA BA N BA BA BA BA N
Level 1 or Level 2 Electric vehicle Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y
charging stations
6. Subject to applicable State and Town regulations, administrative regulations, and inspection requirements.
PLANNING BOARD VOTE: 3-1
FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
The Finance Committee recommends that the motion presented by the Planning Board to Town Meeting for Article 41
as printed in the warrant be adopted.
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE: 8-0-0
David McCarthy, Chair of the Planning Board, moved that Article 41 be withdrawn without prejudice. At a subsequent meeting on May
4th, the Planning Board voted 5 – 0 to withdraw the article.
VOTED: Article 41 WITHDRAWN.
ADOPTED VOICE VOTE, MODERATOR DECLARED MOTION ADOPTED
ARTICLE 42
AMEND ZONING BY-LAWS SECTION 11.0 DEFINITIONS
Article 42 To see if the Town will vote to amend Zoning By-Laws Section 11.0 as follows, with new word definitions being
incorporated into the existing text in order alphabetically with the existing word definitions:
1. To delete the existing definitions for the Commercial Mixed Use Overlay District and add definitions related to the Commercial
Mixed Use Area as follows:
Building Frontage Zone: is the private setback area between the street facing façades of the primary building and the public right-
of-way or street line.
Civic Use: A land use that provides a public, cultural, or institutional benefit to the community. Specific uses may include, but shall
not be limited to, government offices, religious institutions, museums, and educational institutions. Some uses included in this
definition are Exempt uses, as defined in M.G.L. Chapter 40A, Section 3.
Common Yard and Garden: A private open space associated with private residence or non-residential buildings not intended for
public access or a high level of pedestrian activity.
Community Garden: An open space designed as individual garden plots available to residents for agriculture purposes, including
storage facilities for necessary equipment.
Common Green: A common or green is a free-standing site with thoroughfares on all sides and landscape consisting of naturally
disposed lawns, paths, and trees. This open space type is for active and passive recreation and gathering purposes and should be
accessible to the general public.
Gross Square Feet of Nonresidential Floor Area: The total non-residential floor area contained within exterior walls but does not
include basement space used for heating and utilities, storage or for automobile parking.
Forecourt. A private open space where a portion of the facade is aligned close to or at the Street Line, and the central portion of
the façade is set back to create a courtyard with a principal entrance at-grade and space for gathering and circulation, or for outdoor
shopping or restaurant seating. The forecourt may be planted or paved to join with the public sidewalk.
Live-Work Space: A dwelling unit in which up to 50% of the floor area is used for the production, showing or sale or art or
handcrafted artisan crafts.
Lot coverage: the percent of the total lot area covered by buildings and impervious surfaces.
Mixed-Use Structure: A single building designed to encourage a diversity of compatible land uses which include a mixture of two or
more of the following uses: residential, office, retail, or personal services, with the group floor used primarily non-residential use.
Open Space: Open areas set aside for public use as a part of a coordinated site development process.
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Outdoor Dining Terrace: An open space where the building facade is setback from the Street Line and the space between is
occupied by a hardscape intended for use as an extension of the public sidewalk and outdoor amenity space such as for outdoor
seating or displays. The terrace may also allow for public circulation along the façade and can be used to provide at-grade access or
a grade change along a street line.
Pedestrian Passage. A paved/brick pedestrian connector between buildings. Pedestrian Passages provides direct connections
between parking area, buildings, streets, and sidewalks. Pedestrian Passages may be covered by a roof, trellis, and may be lined by
shopfronts.
Personal Services: Services for everyday affairs including barber shops, beauty salons, launderettes, dry cleaning, shoe repair and
similar service businesses.
Plaza/Square: An open space type designed for passive recreation, civic purposes, and commercial activities, with landscape
consisting primarily of hardscape. Plazas should be accessible to the general public.
Pocket Park/ Playground. An open space type designed for passive recreation consisting of vegetation, a place to sit outdoors,
and playground equipment.
Rooftop Terrace: A roofless, raised platform on the roof of a building that provides community gathering space such as a terrace,
community garden, food and entertainment, or other outdoor amenities.
Transparency: The amount of transparent space that occupies a building façade including standard street-level windows and
doorway windows.
Upland: Land without a wet area and not subject to flooding.
Wet Areas or Wetlands: All land subject to the provisions of Massachusetts G.L. c. 131, ss. 40 and 40A and/or the Town’s
Wetlands By-law.
2. To add the following definitions related to Section 8.1 Accessory Apartment in Single Family Dwelling:
Accessory Family Apartment: A secondary dwelling unit located within a detached single-family dwelling occupied by a family
member of the primary owner. The accessory apartment shall be subordinate in size to the principal unit and separated from it in a
manner that maintains the appearance of the structure as a single-family house.
Boarder: A boarder stays in another person’s home paying rent with meals provided by the landlord.
Lodger: A lodger stays at another person’s home and pays rent but is generally not supplied with meals.
3. To add the following definitions related to electric vehicle charging stations:
By adding the definition of “Electric vehicle charging levels”, “Electric vehicle”, “Electric vehicle charging station”, “Electric vehicle
charging station – restricted”, “Electric vehicle charging station – public”, and “Electric vehicle parking space” as follows:
Charging levels: means the standardized indicators of electrical force, or voltage, at which an electric vehicle’s battery is recharged.
The terms 1, 2, and 3 are the most common EV charging levels, and include the following specifications:
• Level 1 is considered slow charging
• Level 2 is considered medium charging.
• Level 3 is considered fast or rapid charging
Electric vehicle: means any vehicle that operates, either partially or exclusively, on electrical energy from the grid, or an off-board
source, that is stored on-board for motive purpose. “Electric vehicle” includes: (1) a battery electric vehicle or (2) a plug-in hybrid
electric vehicle.
Electric vehicle charging station: means a public or private parking space that is served by battery charging station equipment
that has as its primary purpose the transfer of electric energy (by conductive or inductive means) to a battery or other energy
storage device in an electric vehicle.
Electric vehicle charging station — restricted: means an electric vehicle charging station that is (1) privately owned and
restricted access (e.g., single-family home, executive parking, designated employee parking) or (2) publicly owned and restricted
(e.g., fleet parking with no access to the general public).
Electric vehicle charging station — public: means an electric vehicle charging station that is (1) publicly owned and publicly
available (e.g., Park & Ride parking, public library parking lot, on-street parking) or (2) privately owned and publicly available (e.g.,
shopping center parking, non-reserved parking in multi-family parking lots).
Electric vehicle parking space: means any marked parking space that identifies the use to be exclusively for the parking of an
electric vehicle.
Or to take any other action related thereto.
Select Board for Planning Board
PLANNING BOARD MOTION:
MOVED: That Zoning By-law Section 11.0 be amended as set forth in the 2022 Annual Town Meeting Warrant,
with the addition of the following definition:
Self-Service Storage Facility: Any real property used for renting or leasing individual storage spaces in which the
occupants themselves customarily store and remove their own personal property on a ‘self-service’ basis.
PLANNING BOARD VOTE: 4-0
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FINANCE COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION:
The Finance Committee recommends that the motion presented by the Planning Board to Town Meeting for Article 42
as printed in the warrant be adopted.
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE: 8-0-0
David McCarthy, Chair of the Planning Board, moved that Article 42 be withdrawn without prejudice. At a subsequent meeting the
Planning Board voted 5 – 0 to withdraw the article.
VOTED: Article 42 WITHDRAWN.
ADOPTED VOICE VOTE, MODERATOR DECLARED MOTION ADOPTED
ARTICLE 43
APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO MEET EXPENSES FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR (FY23)
Article 43 To see what sums of money the Town will vote to raise and appropriate, transfer from Free Cash, transfer from any available
funds or borrow pursuant to any applicable statute to meet the expenses of the next fiscal year starting July 1, 2022 and ending June
30, 2023 for the various Town Boards, Committees, Departments and Agencies, or to take any other action related thereto.
Select Board
Article 43 – MOTION 1
MOVED: That the following sums of money be transferred to the General Fund in Fiscal Year 2023 in order to fund
the Town’s annual operating budget:
TRANSFER FROM AMOUNT PURPOSE
AMBULANCE SERVICE $1,000,000 FIRE DEPARTMENT
WATER ENTERPRISE FUND 742,455 FIXED COSTS
SEWER ENTERPRISE FUND 429,495 FIXED COSTS
SOLAR FACILITY 384,026 TOWN-WIDE ELECTRICITY
AMBULANCE SERVICE 187,550 DEBT SERVICE
SCHOOL FOOD SERVICE 40,125 SCHOOL COSTS
GREENLODGE STREET PARKING FEES 35,000 EXECUTIVE OFFICE
RINK ENTERPRISE FUND 28,171 FIXED COSTS
SALE OF LOTS/GRAVES 10,000 CEMETERY MAINTENANCE
BOND PREMIUM FUND 8,795 DEBT SERVICE
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE (EXPENDABLE) 5,000 CEMETERY MAINTENANCE
TOTAL $2,870,617
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE: 7-0-0
Cindy Thomas, Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee moved Article 43, Motion 1 as printed in the warrant.
VOTED: Article 43, Motion 1 adopted as printed.
ADOPTED VOICE VOTE, MODERATOR DECLARED MOTION ADOPTED
Article 43 – MOTION 2
MOVED: That the following sums of money listed in the Finance Committee Request Column of the Operating
Budget by Voting Category and Enterprise Funds tables be raised and appropriated from the FY 2023 tax levy and other
general revenues of the Town along with revenue sources listed in Motion 1.
FINANCE COMMITTEE VOTE: 7-0-0
Cindy Thomas, Vice-Chair of the Finance Committee moved Article 43, Motion 2 as printed in the warrant.
VOTED: Article 43, Motion 2 adopted as printed.
ADOPTED VOICE VOTE, MODERATOR DECLARED MOTION ADOPTED
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FY23 BUDGET
FY23 BUDGET
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT (300) (300) 50,658,405.00
50,658,405.00
TOTAL SCHOOLS
TOTAL SCHOOLS $50,658,405.00
$50,658,405.00
ASSESSORSASSESSORS
(141) (141) $394,311.00
$394,311.00
BUILDING BUILDING
AND ZONING AND ZONING (241;176)
(241;176) $416,963.00
$416,963.00
COMMITTEES
COMMITTEES & COMMISSIONS& COMMISSIONS $83,221.00$83,221.00
(131;177;182;184;544;545;546;547;548;691;692)
(131;177;182;184;544;545;546;547;548;691;692)
CONSERVATION
CONSERVATION COMMISSION COMMISSION
(171) (171) $171,052.00
$171,052.00
COUNCIL
COUNCIL ON AGING ON(541)AGING (541) $501,726.00
$501,726.00
EXECUTIVEEXECUTIVE AREA (129;151;154;179;195;244;910)
AREA (129;151;154;179;195;244;910) $1,829,492.00
$1,829,492.00
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
FINANCE DEPARTMENT (133;135;145;155)
(133;135;145;155) $1,460,376.00
$1,460,376.00
FIRE DEPARTMENT
FIRE DEPARTMENT (215;220;221;231;232;291)
(215;220;221;231;232;291) $7,447,758.00
$7,447,758.00
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
HEALTH DEPARTMENT (510) (510) $404,442.00
$404,442.00
PARKS & RECREATION
PARKS & RECREATION (542;630;650)(542;630;650) $971,277.00
$971,277.00
PLANNING PLANNING
BOARD (175) BOARD (175) $75,079.00$75,079.00
POLICE DEPARTMENT
POLICE DEPARTMENT (210;292) (210;292) $5,859,915.00
$5,859,915.00
PUBLIC(610)
PUBLIC LIBRARY LIBRARY (610) $1,478,676.00
$1,478,676.00
PUBLIC
PUBLIC WORKS WORKS (192;400;410;420;425-427;491;492;632)
(192;400;410;420;425-427;491;492;632) $3,317,092.00
$3,317,092.00
TOWN
TOWN CLERK ANDCLERK
ELECTED AND ELECTED (161;163)
(161;163) $302,039.00
$302,039.00
VETERANS VETERANS SERVICES
SERVICES DEPT. (543)DEPT. (543) $311,639.00
$311,639.00
TOTAL MUNICIPAL
TOTAL MUNICIPAL $25,025,058.00
$25,025,058.00
APPROVED
APPROVED VOICE VOICE
VOTE, VOTE, MODERATOR
MODERATOR DECLARED DECLARED
BLUE HILLSBLUE HILLS REGIONAL
REGIONAL (840) (840) $1,603,337.00
$1,603,337.00
DEBT
DEBT SERVICE SERVICE (710;751;752)
(710;751;752) $4,735,405.00
$4,735,405.00
EMPLOYER EMPLOYER SHARE-HEALTH/LIFE
SHARE-HEALTH/LIFE INSURANCE INSURANCE
(914;915) (914;915) $13,107,409.00
$13,107,409.00
NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL
NORFOLK AGRICULTURAL HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL (841)
(841) $50,000.00$50,000.00
OPEB TRANSFERS
OPEB TRANSFERS (993) (993) $1,150,000.00
$1,150,000.00
OTHER TRANSFERS
OTHER TRANSFERS (990) (990) $656,011.00$656,011.00
RESERVE
RESERVE FUND (132)FUND (132) $600,000.00$600,000.00
RETIREMENTRETIREMENT BENEFITS (911)
BENEFITS (911) $6,932,851.00
$6,932,851.00
SNOW & ICESNOW
(423)& ICE (423) $650,500.00$650,500.00
STREET (422)
STREET LIGHTING LIGHTING (422) $75,000.00$75,000.00
TOWN INSURANCE
TOWN INSURANCE (946) (946) $1,460,666.00
$1,460,666.00
TRASH COLLECTION
TRASH COLLECTION (433) (433) $2,447,500.00
$2,447,500.00
UNEMPLOYMENT
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATIONCOMPENSATION
(913) (913) $100,000.00$100,000.00
TOTAL
TOTAL FIXED FIXED COSTS
COSTS $33,568,679.00
$33,568,679.00
APPROVED
APPROVED VOICE VOICE
VOTE, VOTE, MODERATOR
MODERATOR DECLARED DECLARED
TOTAL BUDGET
TOTAL BUDGET $109,252,142.00
$109,252,142.00
APPROVED
APPROVED VOICE VOICE
VOTE, VOTE, MODERATOR
MODERATOR DECLARED DECLARED
ENTERPRISE
ENTERPRISE FUNDS FUNDS
RINK ENTERPRISE
RINK ENTERPRISE (700) (700) $404,462.00
$404,462.00
SEWER ENTERPRISE
SEWER ENTERPRISE (600-602) (600-602) $6,825,939.00
$6,825,939.00
WATER ENTERPRISE
WATER ENTERPRISE (640-642) (640-642) $8,611,037.00
$8,611,037.00
APPROVED
APPROVED VOICE VOICE
VOTE, VOTE, MODERATOR
MODERATOR DECLARED DECLARED
TOTAL BUDGET
TOTAL BUDGET $125,093,580.00
$125,093,580.00
A motion
A motion was was seconded
moved and moved andto seconded to adjourn
adjourn Town Town Meeting.
Meeting.
VOTED:
VOTED: That That
the 2022 the 2022
Annual TownAnnual Town
Meeting Meeting besine
be adjourned adjourned
die. sine die.
Adjourned atAdjourned
9:42pm onat May 9th, 2022.
9:42pm on May 9th, 2022.
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INDEX
APPOINTED OFFICIALS ........................................................................................................................................................................ 4
ASSESSORS ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 12
BLUE HILLS REGIONAL DISTRICT SCHOOL COMMITTEE ......................................................................................................... 11
BUILDING DEPARTMENT .................................................................................................................................................................. 15
BUILDING RENOVATION COMMITTEE .......................................................................................................................................... 16
CANTON COMMUNITY PROFILE ........................................................................................................................................................ 3
CANTON ROLL OF HONOR ................................................................................................................................................................ 58
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................................. 17
CONSERVATION COMMISSION ........................................................................................................................................................ 19
ELDER AND HUMAN SERVICES ....................................................................................................................................................... 21
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY ......................................................................................................................................... 22
FINANCE DEPARTMENT .................................................................................................................................................................... 23
FIRE DEPARTMENT ............................................................................................................................................................................. 27
HEALTH DEPARTMENT ...................................................................................................................................................................... 13
HISTORICAL COMMISSION ............................................................................................................................................................... 29
HOUSING AUTHORITY ....................................................................................................................................................................... 30
HUMAN RESOURCES .......................................................................................................................................................................... 31
LIBRARY ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 32
MASTER PLAN IMPLEMENTATION COMMITTEE ......................................................................................................................... 34
NORFOLK COUNTY REGISTRY OF DEEDS ..................................................................................................................................... 36
PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT ..................................................................................................................................... 38
PLANNING BOARD .............................................................................................................................................................................. 39
POLICE DEPARTMENT ........................................................................................................................................................................ 41
PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT ........................................................................................................................................................ 43
SCHOOL COMMITTEE – SUPERINTENDENT .................................................................................................................................. 45
SELECT BOARD ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 9
TOWN CLERK ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 61
TOWN COUNSEL .................................................................................................................................................................................. 56
TOWN OFFICIALS .................................................................................................................................................................................. 4
TOWN MEETINGS ............................................................................................................................................................................... 72
VETERAN’S SERVICES ....................................................................................................................................................................... 57
WATER/SEWER RATE POLICY COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................................. 59
ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS ........................................................................................................................................................... 60
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