JAY – Selectmen will hold a public hearing Monday on updating the town’s environmental control and improvement ordinance, and flood plain ordinance.

A hearing will also be held on the renewal of a special entertainment permit at Ma Duck’s on Intervale Road.

The hearings begin at 6 p.m. at the Community Building. The regular selectmen’s meeting will follow.

Amendments to the environmental control and improvement ordinance include updating terms to coincide with state and federal regulations; a $5,000 decrease in base fees for air, water and solid waste facility permits; and a $75 increase in fees for subdivision permits.

The annual fees for air, water and solid waste permits are based upon the town’s best estimate of the actual costs necessary for the town to administer and enforce the environmental control and improvement ordinance.

Proposed air permit fees would decrease from $20,000 to $15,000 for one ton to 1,000 tons of permitted emissions; decrease from $30,000 to $25,000 for 1,001 tons to 4,000 tons permitted emissions; and decrease from $40,000 to $35,000 for more than 4,001 tons.

The per ton fee per year for all permitted air pollutants would be $4 per ton.

A water permit fee would be reduced from $10,000 to $5,000. The first million gallons per day of permitted flow is exempt from the annual fee.

The fee for a solid waste facility permit, including a schedule of compliance, would be reduced from $40,000 to $35,000. The permit fee for a subdivision, a division of a tract or parcel of land into three or more lots within a five-year period, would increase from $25 to $100, plus $40 per lot.

On Monday, selectmen are expected to set a special town meeting for late September so voters can vote on the amended ordinances.

dperry@sunjournal.com

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