Duxbury Zoning Overhaul Risks “Opening Pandora’s Box”

Town Races to Regulate Battery Farms

DUXBURY - December 22, 2025 - A massive, multi-year effort to modernize Duxbury’s zoning code hit a legal wall Monday night as Town Counsel warned that a “delete and replace” strategy could expose the town’s entire bylaw to state rejection. Simultaneously, the Board faced a ticking clock to pass a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) bylaw. Without new …