Planning Board Divides Up Zoning Rewrite Tasks

Planning Board · Meeting of October 28, 2026

HULL — The Hull Planning Board divided up drafting work on its 2027 zoning bylaw amendments after staff warned the original January hearing target was unworkable. Director of Community Development and Planning Chris Dilorio said finishing language by January "is going to be challenged," pushing the target to February hearings and March final language. Members paired off to draft site plan review, landscape standards, special permit appeal authority and a disputed "definition of a building" provision after the building commissioner ruled that connected structures could count as one building.

Lisa French said the board needs language to prevent "multiple buildings from being counted as a single building, despite building codes." The board also weighed a master plan funding request after a prior 6-0 vote, with member Nathan Peyton noting no community received more than $50,000 in state planning-assistance grants this cycle. The board adjourned on a 4-2 vote near 10 p.m.

In the full story:

• Approach and Schedule for Zoning Bylaw Amendments
• Coordination With the Zoning Bylaw Committee
• Dividing the Drafting Work
• The Multiple-Buildings Definition Dispute
• Progress of Zoning Map Updates
• Master Plan Funding and the MAPC Relationship
• Minutes and Adjournment
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,770 words

Source: the Planning Board meeting of October 28, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.