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Filing Fees & Deadline Dates
Petition Application
The meetings are conducted on the 3rd Thursday of the month, unless otherwise noted below. Applications are due in the Town Clerk office one hour before closing.
Please make sure to plan your projects with enough time for waiting out any subsequent appeal periods once a variance or special permit is granted.
The Zoning Board usually makes their decision the night of the hearing. There is nothing that prevents the board from continuing the hearing and voting at a later time. Once the decision is made by vote of the board, the written decision is filed in the Town Clerks’ Office. There is then a 20 day appeal period after the decision is filed.
Appeal
If no one appeals the decision (in court) it must be filed with the property deed at the Salem Registry of Deeds. It does not become a legal instrument until it is filed and must be filed within 1 year.
Any person aggrieved by the Board’s final decision, including the Petitioner, the owner, or any owner of land abutting the land subject to this decision, may file an appeal in the Superior Court or the Land Court within 20 days of the date stamped in by the Town Clerk. See Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40A, Section 17.
No building permit or use/occupancy certificate can be issued (if required) until the special permit or variance is recorded at the registry.
The Ipswich Zoning Bylaw (PDF) is available on this website and may be purchased with the zoning map at the Town Clerks’ office.
Note: Dates are subject to change.
*Indicates subject to change.
Please make sure to plan your projects with enough time for waiting out any subsequent appeal periods once a variance or special permit is granted.
Board Decision
The Zoning Board usually makes their decision the night of the hearing. There is nothing that prevents the board from continuing the hearing and voting at a later time. Once the decision is made by vote of the board, the written decision is filed in the Town Clerks’ Office. There is then a 20 day appeal period after the decision is filed.
Appeal
If no one appeals the decision (in court) it must be filed with the property deed at the Salem Registry of Deeds. It does not become a legal instrument until it is filed and must be filed within 1 year.Any person aggrieved by the Board’s final decision, including the Petitioner, the owner, or any owner of land abutting the land subject to this decision, may file an appeal in the Superior Court or the Land Court within 20 days of the date stamped in by the Town Clerk. See Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 40A, Section 17.
Before the Project Starts
No building permit or use/occupancy certificate can be issued (if required) until the special permit or variance is recorded at the registry.
Bylaws
The Ipswich Zoning Bylaw (PDF) is available on this website and may be purchased with the zoning map at the Town Clerks’ office.
Meeting Dates & Filing Deadlines
| Meeting Date |
Deadline to File With Town Clerk |
|---|---|
| January 21, 2021 |
December 15, 2020 |
*February 18, 2021 |
January 26, 2021 |
March 18, 2021 |
February 23, 2021 |
| *April 15, 2021 | March 23, 2021 |
| May 20, 2021 |
April 20,2021 |
| June 17,2021 |
May 25, 2021 |
| July 15, 2021 |
June 22, 2021 |
| August 19, 2021 |
July 20, 2021 |
| September 16, 2021 |
August 24 ,2021 |
| October 21, 2021 |
September 21, 2021 |
| November 18, 2021 |
October 26, 2021 |
| December |
No Meeting |
| January 20, 2022 |
December 21, 2021 |
Note: Dates are subject to change.
*Indicates subject to change.