Town Clerk’s Office
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Town Hall · 40 Center Street · Fairhaven, MA 02719
Telephone: 508-979-4023 · Email: clerk@fairhaven-ma.gov
NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT
The following amendment to the Town of Fairhaven Zoning Bylaw, adopted at the Fairhaven Annual Town Meeting convened on May 3, 2025, has been approved by the Office of the Attorney General and is published herewith in accordance with G.L. c. 40, § 32. Claims of invalidity of the amendment by reason of any defect in the procedure of adoption or amendment may only be made within ninety (90) days of the second publication of this notice.
Copies of the bylaw amendment may be examined and obtained at the Town Clerk’s Office, 40 Center Street, Fairhaven, MA.
ARTICLE 19: AMEND BYLAWS CHAPTER 198 ZONING
Motion was made and seconded that the Town vote to amend Chapter 198 of the Fairhaven Town Code, entitled “Zoning,” a.k.a. the Town of Fairhaven Zoning Bylaw, as follows:
(i) by amending Section 198-14, entitled “Establishment of districts,” at the end of
Subsection A, to add the following new overlay district:
Fairhaven Smart Growth Overlay District (FSGOD)
and
(ii) by amending Appendix A, Section 3.1 to read “The Fairhaven Smart Growth Overlay District, herein after referred to as the “FSGOD,” is an overlay district having a land area of approximately 89.32 acres in size that is superimposed over the underlying zoning districts and on the Zoning Map as set forth on maps entitled “Fairhaven 40R Smart Growth Overlay Smart Growth Zoning Map (Plaza Area SGOD), April 2025 Revision””, amending the existing map entitled “Fairhaven 40R Smart Growth Overlay 4-2 Smart Growth Zoning Map (Plaza Area SGOD), dated 6/19/2024.
and
(iii) and, further, to amend the “Town of Fairhaven Zoning Map,” as referenced in Section 198-14(B) of the aforementioned Code, by adding the map entitled “Fairhaven 40R Smart Growth Overlay Smart Growth Zoning Map (Plaza Area SGOD), April 202 Revision”, and prepared by Dodson & Flinker.
Respectfully submitted, Elisabeth E. Horan,Town Clerk
FNN 8/6/26, 8/13/26
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