PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE

TOWN OF SHARON

PLANNING BOARD

The Sharon Planning Board will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at 7:45 PM, at the Sharon Town Hall, located at 90 South Main Street, in the Selectmen’s Hearing Room, 2^nd floor, to review a Town Meeting article to change the Sharon zoning map to reflect FEMA flood map changes as follows (note: abbreviated article language):

To see if the Town will vote to amend the Town’s Zoning Map by amending the Flood Hazard District overlay district by deleting the second paragraph of Section 2120 of the Zoning By-Laws in its entirety and replacing it with the following new paragraph:

“Flood Hazard Districts are defined as an overlay district.  The district includes all special flood hazard areas within the Town of Sharon designated as Zone A and AE on the Norfolk County Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for the administration of the National Flood Insurance Program…..” 

Complete copies of the article language can be obtained from the Sharon Town Clerk, Sharon Public Library or the Sharon Engineering Department, Peter O’Cain, at (781) 784-1525, ext. 2316.

All interested parties should plan to attend.

Sharon Planning Board,

Susan Price, Chairman