The board of supervisors may submit to the legal voters of the town at an annual or special town meeting, the question whether the board shall adopt land use and zoning regulations and restrictions in the town. The board in a town which has within its borders a hospital established in accordance with Laws 1955, chapter 227, may submit to the voters at an annual or special town meeting, the question whether the board shall adopt land use and zoning regulations and restrictions in the town regulating the type of buildings that may be built or occupations carried on within a radius of one-half mile of the hospital.
History:1939 c 187 s 1; 1941 c 186 s 1; 1947 c 236 s 1; 1947 c 500 s 1; 1949 c 707 s 1; 1953 c 188 s 1; 1957 c 74 s 1; 1965 c 51 s 73; 1976 c 239 s 110; 1978 c 674 s 39; 1989 c 197 art 7 s 1; 1995 c 254 art 3 s 1