Chilmark is pumping the brakes on a new policy that allowed farms to host summer events after feedback from both farmers and members of the public. 

The select board voted Tuesday to permit farms to hold three events from June to August after a back and forth with town building inspector Adam Petkus, several farmers and some planning board members.

Traci Smith went before the Oak Bluffs select board last week, requesting licenses for her proposed Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival inside and on the lawn of the Island Inn.

Beetlebung Farm owner Amy Weinberg said that the group believed farms should be allowed to hold events under the current bylaw, which permits “use of premises or structures for...agriculture; or work related directly thereto.”

The owners of the Lambert’s Cove Inn came before the West Tisbury zoning board of appeals last week to request a continuation of outdoor dining, a practice started during the pandemic.