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THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS <br /> z _ <br /> OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL <br /> WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS DNISION <br /> 1350 MAIN STREET <br /> MARTHA COAKLE'Y SPRINGRELII, MASSACHUSETTS 01103-1629 (413)784-1240 <br /> ATTORNEY GENEtAL www.mass.gov/ago <br /> March 8,2010 <br /> Donna M.Hooper,Town Clerk <br /> 1625 Massachusetts Avenue <br /> Lexington, MA 02420 <br /> RE: Lexington Special Town Meeting of November 9,2009- Case#5417 <br /> Warrant Articles#2,3,and 4(Zoning) <br /> Dear Ms.Hooper: <br /> Articles 2,3,and 4- We return with the approval of this Office the amendments to the Town by-laws <br /> adopted tinder these Articles on the warrant for the Lexington Special Town Meeting that convened on <br /> November 9,2009. <br /> Note: Pursuant to G,L.c.40,§32,neither general nor zoning by-laws take effect unless the town has first satisfied the <br /> posting/publishing requirements of that statute.Once this statutory duty is fulfilled,(1)general by-laws and <br /> amendments take effect an the date that these posting and publishing requirements are satisfied unless a later <br /> effective date is prescribed in the by-law,and(2)zoning by-laws and amendments are deemed to have taken <br /> effect from the date they were voted by Town Meeting,unless a later effective date is prescribed in-the by-law. <br /> If the Attorney General has disapproved and deleted one or more portions of any by-law or by-law amendment <br /> submitted for approval,only those portions approved are to be posted and published pursuant to G.L.e.40,§32. <br /> ,We ask that you forward to us a copy of the final text of the by-law or by-law amendments reflecting any such <br /> deletion. It will be sufficient to send us a copy of the text posted and published by the Town Clerk pursuant to <br /> tit is statute. <br /> Nothing in the Attorney General's approval authorizes an exemption from any applicable state law or regulation <br /> -governing the subject of the by-law submitted for approval. <br /> Very tntly.youus, <br /> MARTHA COAKLEY <br /> ATTORNEY GENERAL <br /> by:Margaret J.Hurley,Assistant Attorney General <br /> Chief,Central Massachusetts Division <br /> Director,Municipal Law Unit <br /> One Exchange Place <br /> Worcester,MA 01608 <br /> (508)792-7600 x 4402 <br /> ec: Town Counsel(via ernail) {l] <br /> E <br />