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Selectboard Agenda Protocol

Posted on 01/15/25

Newly-adopted Town of Cummington Selectboard Agenda Protocol adopted by the SB at their 1.2.2025 meeting....

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Dog License Info 2025

Posted on 01/10/25
January 2025: Dog licenses are being sent out in the next few weeks and are available here on the website on the Town Clerks page. They are due by March 31st.  Please complete the form and return to the Town Clerk. Office hours are Mondays 8-11:30am and Thursdays 3:30-6:30pm. If these hours are not
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Winter Road Closures - 2024/2025

Posted on 11/09/24

Highway Superintendent Alan Taylor and Selectboard members announced that the following roads will be closed from December 1, 2024, or from the first snow, until the end of mud season (May 1, 2025):  Stage Road from house number 200-132; Trow Road from house number 43-88; Tirrell Hill Road from House number ...

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Cummington Zoning Board of Appeals

Member Title Phone Term Start Term End
William Hoehne
Carla Ness
Michael Holden
Kenneth Howes
Geoff Kenseth
Ernest Strong
Associate Member
Chair
Clerk
Member
Member
Member

413-634-8081
413-634-0200
413-634-5439

413-634-5536
2024
2022
2022
2023
2024
2023
2027
2025
2025
2026
2027
2026

Meeting times: As needed
Term: Appointed by the Selectboard for 3 years
Compensation: None
Email: mholden@cummington-ma.gov

 

Instructions and Procedures for Applying for Special Permits, Variances, or Appeals -- Rev. 6/27/22

To read and/or download the "Instructions and Procedures for applying for Special Permits, Variances, or Appeals" click here*.

 

ZBA Hearings/Decisions - 2024

August 2024 - Consider the application of Gail and Rich Roberge, 26 Main Street who wish to  place a small, wooden, movable shed on their property near the rear property line. Because of the very small size of their lot, the shed would partially encroach on the setback. 

August 2024 - The ZBA unanimously approved the application of Gail and Rich Roberge to place a small, movable shed on their property. 

“The house presently encroaches on the setback on two sides, and the lot itself is about half the area that would be required present day for a buildable lot. The ZBA finds that the proposed slight increase in nonconformity, by placing the shed partially within the setback, is not substantially more detrimental than the preexisting non-conforming use.”  

ZBA Hearings/Decisions - 2023

April 2023 - Consider the application of Matt White for a special permit for a quarry on Berkshire Trail on the Cummington/Goshen town line as provided by Section 5-20 of the zoning bylawd. Click here for application.

April 2023 - The ZBA recently handed down its decision on the special permit application by Matthew White for a quarry on the Cummington/Goshen town line The Special Permit was granted with conditions. To read and/or download the decision click here.

ZBA Hearings/Decisions - 2022

November 2022 -- The ZBA recently handed down its decision on the special permit application for DBA EMJ LLC for a special permit for a marijuana establishment.  Click here for decision.

November 2022 - Application of DBA EMJ LLC for a special permit for a marijuana establishment located at an existing structure on 205 West Cummington Road.  Click here for application.

August 2022 -  The ZBA recently handed down its decision on the special permit application by Barbara Skelley, and the Center for Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Inc. (CROW). Click here for decision.

 July 2022 -- The ZBA recently handed down its decision on the special permit application for 0 Bryant Road, LLC has been granted a special permit to operate a marijuana cultivation facility, with conditions. To read and/or download the decision click here.

June 2022 -- Application of 0 Bryant Road LLC for a special permit for a marijuana establishment as provided by Section 10-50 of the zoning bylaw.Click Here

May 2022 -- Application by Barbara Skelley, and the Center for Rehabilitation of Wildlife, Inc. (CROW) to discuss whether or not CROW needs to apply for a special permit in order to offer rehabilitative services to wildlife, a thrift store, etc., at its 790 Berkshire Trail property. Click here for full application.

ZBA Hearings/Decisions - 2021

October 2021  - Application by Adam Higgins to construct a building for a portable bandsaw on 428 Cummington Road and a request for variance from the dimensional setback requirements of the zoning bylaw and the ZBA decision. Click here.

June 2021 -- The ZBA recently handed down its decision on the special permit application for Jasa Farms for a special permit for a recreational cannabis cultivation facility to be located on Bryant Road. Click here.

May 2021 - Jasa Farms Application. Click here.

ZBA Hearings/Decisions - 2019

April 2019 -- The ZBA recently handed down its decision on the special permit application for a firewood processing facility by Roger Wolf for his property on Stage Road. For full PDF of this decision, click here.

March 2019 -- The ZBA recently handed down its decision on the special permit application by Justincredible Cultivation LLD "to repurpose a storage facility into a recreational cannabis cultivation facility" located on 116 Powell Road. For full PDF of this decision, click here.

January 2019 --This Decision does not become final until February 21st; or if appealed, until after the appeals process has been completed. 

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