May 10, 2021
Voters shot down a bylaw change which would have restricted the allowable density of housing in town, but passed all other items at the May 10 Annual Town Meeting. Photo by: Aidan Pollard
MARION A bylaw change which would restrict the density of housing allowed to be constructed in town was shot down at the May 10 Town Meeting.
The change, which did not receive a necessary two-thirds majority of voters at the meeting, would have cut the allowable number of housing units in land zoned for high-density housing from 12 units per acre to six.
Voters passed every other question at the meeting, including one to spend $2.7 million more on the wastewater lagoon lining project and another to change the name of the Board of Selectmen to a gender-inclusive moniker, Select Board.
The Marion Wastewater Treatment Plant. Photo by: Aidan Pollard
MARION Voters at May 10 Town Meeting will be asked to further fund the town’s wastewater treatment lagoon-lining project, change a bylaw for high-density housing and cast votes on 49 other issues.
The meeting will begin at 6:45 p.m. on Monday, May 10, at Sippican School. All registered Marion voters are eligible to attend and participate.
Those attending will be asked to approve $2.74 million in spending to complete the wastewater lagoon-lining project, needed to bring the sewage lagoons up to current standards designed to prevent wastewater from seeping into nearby Aucoot Cove and from there to Buzzards Bay.