LENOX â With the outdoor dining season on the horizon, town leaders are tightening up on rules and regulations affecting not only restaurants, but also retail establishments.
At Wednesdayâs Select Board meeting, Chief Administrative Officer Christopher Ketchen predicted a busier summer than last year, when a special town meeting adopted a seasonal bylaw to help restaurants cope with coronavirus pandemic restrictions by offering outdoor dining.
The revised six-month rules for this summer take effect May 1. They prohibit the use of parking spaces and also require that all restaurants offering outdoor dining must leave a 4-foot corridor on the sidewalk for pedestrians.
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LENOX â Thanks to robust new growth in the value of commercial and residential property, the townâs taxpayers can look forward to bills essentially unchanged, on average, from the past year.
Thatâs the bottom line from the Select Boardâs data-rich annual tax classification hearing Wednesday. After a presentation by Administrative Assessor Randy Austin, the board voted unanimously to keep the traditional split rate for taxation.
For fiscal 2021, it will be $11.65 per thousand dollars of assessed value for single-family homes and $14.06 per thousand for commercial and industrial properties.
Commercial, industrial and personal property taxes are collected at a higher rate than for residences, as Lenox is one of the countyâs few towns to maintain that distinction.