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Proposed Amendment for Annual Town Meeting - May 9, 2026
The Planning Board is considering this amendment to the Shutesbury Zoning Bylaws regarding Data Centers.
A Public Hearing will be held on March 9, 2026 at 7:10 via Zoom. The recording will be available on YouTube.
Bylaws and Regulations
Zoning Bylaws
- Zoning Bylaw (2024). Print copies are available for $15. from Town Clerk's office.
Shutesbury Zoning Map
(Adopted March 24, 2009)
- Large PDF 12 megabytes
- Very Large JPEG 40 megabytes - 34"x44" image
- Solar installation district map (approved June 27, 2020)
Pending Amendments
- in process
Amendments
- 2026
To be determined
- 2025
- Temporary Moratorium on Data Centers (Sept. Special Town Meeting) text here.
- Accessory Dwelling Units - (alternative version developed subsequent to March Board meeting)
- Tiny Houses
- Rate of Development (Article VII) - delete, obsolete
- 2024
- Planning Board Report to the Town of Shutesbury - in advance of April 27, 2024 Town Meeting. (Posted April 18, 2024)
- Combined amendment warrant article - pertaining to change in Use Table; change to Associate Members of Planning Board given 2024 Home Rule Law for Shutesbury, changes to review criteria for special permits; and ability to allow de minimis changes to special permit conditions
- Lighting bylaw - in compliance with 2022 Town Meeting decision
- 2023
- Attorney General decision denying 2023 Solar bylaw
- Proposed updated dated solar bylaw - passed at Jan. 19, 2023 Special Town Meeting.
- Report of Public Hearing to Town Meeting
- Handout for Jan. 2023 Special TM
- 2022 - none were passed at Annual Town Meeting
- 2021 Associate Member, added to Zoning Bylaw by Town Meeting, June 12, 2021 / description / committee report June 2, 2021. Note: Attorney General approved only part of the town-approved bylaw; limited associate members to special permit activities.
- 2021 Access to Use, added to zoning Bylaw by Town Meeting, June 12, 2021 / description / committee report June 2, 2021
- 2020 Large Scale Ground Mounted Solar Electric Installations (as amended on Town Meeting floor), Solar installation district map. Approved June 27, 2020
- 2020 Sign Bylaw, amended by Town Meeting June 27, 2020
- 2020 Open Space Design, amended by Town Meeting June 27, 2020