STM 2018 Finance Committee Recommendations to Voters

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Recommendations of the Finance Committee
     to the Voters of Canton, Massachusetts

                                       2018

                         TOWN OF CANTON




            SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
  WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 2018 at 7:05 p.m.


                     Morse Auditorium
                    Canton High School
               900 Washington Street, Canton

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Town of Canton
                    Commonwealth of Massachusetts




Norfolk, ss

To the Constables of the Town of Canton,

Greetings:
In the name of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts you are hereby required
to notify and warn the inhabitants of the Town of Canton to meet at Morse
Auditorium, on the grounds of the Canton High School, 900 Washington
Street in said town on;


                 SPECIAL TOWN MEETING
              WEDNESDAY, THE SIXTEENTH DAY
                      OF MAY 2018


At seven-o-five (7:05 P.M.) in the evening for the special town meeting at
which time and place the following articles are to be acted upon:

REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY MORATORIUM
Article 1 To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town of Canton
Zoning Bylaws by inserting a new section 3.4 of the Zoning Bylaws as
follows to adopt a temporary moratorium on the use of land and structures to
prohibit any new Hospital or Convalescent or Nursing Home in all zoning
districts within the Town of Canton so that the Town may study and plan for
the regulation of further Hospital or Convalescent or Nursing Home uses and
operations in Canton and to hold related public hearings thereon; or to take
any other action related thereto.

      3.4 Temporary Moratorium on Hospitals and Convalescent or
      Nursing Homes



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3.4.1 Purpose. The purpose of this Zoning Bylaw is intended to
     provide the Town with a reasonable time to study and plan for further
     regulation of Hospital and Convalescent or Nursing Home uses and
     operations in the Town of Canton, to hold related public hearings
     thereon, and to adopt Zoning Bylaws related to such uses and
     operations.

     3.4.2 Temporary Moratorium. Notwithstanding any other provision
     of the Zoning Bylaw or Table of Use Regulations to the contrary, the
     Town hereby adopts a temporary moratorium to prohibit all uses of
     land and structures for any Hospital or Convalescent or Nursing Home
     in all zoning districts. During the temporary moratorium, no Hospital
     or Convalescent or Nursing Home shall be permitted in any zoning
     district so that the Town may undertake a planning process to address
     the potential impacts of such facilities in the Town, determine where
     the Town will allow such uses and consider adopting new provisions
     of the Zoning Bylaw to address the impacts and operations of such
     uses.

    3.4.3. Expiration. The temporary moratorium and this section 3.4
    shall be in effect through June 30, 2019.
BOARD OF SELECTMEN


Planning Board: Recommendation and report to be given at Special Town
Meeting.


Finance Committee: Recommendation and report to be given at Special
Town Meeting.




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And you are het^eby directed to serve this warrant by posting attested copies
at the Post Office and at not less than six other public places at least twenty-
one days before the day the said meeting is held.


      Hereoffail not, and make due return ofthis warrant with your doings
thereon to the Town Clerk before the day the said meeting is held.




      Given under our hands and seals this 23~d day of April in the yeas
two thousand and eighteen.




Board ofSelectmen,
Town ofCanton




J¢hn .~. C~o~nolly,, Cl~arr   ~ ~    Mark J. Porter, Vice-Chair

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       T.Feene , erk                  Christopher J. Co       lly, Member




                      Tho~f~ W.Theodore, Member




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CONSTABLES RETURN OF SERVICE


Norfolk, ss


Pursuant to the within Waryant to me directed, I have notified and warned
the inhabitants of the Town of Canton to meet at the time and places
mentioned in the said wai7ant and for the purposes as stated in the said
Warrant by posting up attested copies of the same at the Post Office and at
six other public places in the town twenty one days, or more, before the day
set in the said warrant.


Date on which the said notices were posted


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Received and filed in the Office ofthe Town Clerk on


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                           Tracy Kenney, TownC~Yerk




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PRSRT STD
                                     U.S. POSTAGE PAID
                                       PERMIT NO. 20
                                        CANTON, MA


FINANCE COMMITTEE
TOWN HALL
801 WASHINGTON STREET
CANTON, MA 02021




                        CAR-RT SORT
                        RESIDENT
                        CANTON, MA 02021