[Massplanners] ANR's and sidewalks - Ideas Please

[Carolyn Britt]

Could you define a "way" in your zoning to include improvement for 
pedestrians and bicycles? Then when the PB is considering whether the 
way is of adequate width, grade, and construction it could find that the 
vehicle portion is but the pedestrian portion is not?

A few years ago in Rockport we developed a regulation stating what would 
be considered an adequate way as guidance for people owning land on all 
the dirt back roads with boulders intruding. Why couldn't an adequate 
pedestrian way be rolled into this type of mechanism?

I am looking to you attorneys out there who comment on these type of 
issues with intelligence to comment on this. Thank you.

Carolyn

Carolyn Britt, AICP
Community Investment Associates
P.O. Box 235
Ipswich, MA 01938
(978) 356-2164
(978) 317-2145 (cell)
(978) 356-9881

On 9/11/2021 1:51 PM, Town Of Norfolk via MassPlanners wrote:
> Richard,
>
> There isn’t anyway. You can’t condition an ANR. The statute is pretty 
> clear. I do agree it’s a flaw. There are wonderful things about 
> Massachusetts that I love but our inability to get land reform done 
> isn’t one on them. In one person’s opinion our governance structure is 
> the real barrier. Local control verse state control not even county 
> control is the pull and tug battle.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rich Mccarthy
> Town planner
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Sep 11, 2021, at 12:41 PM, Richard Clark via MassPlanners 
>> <massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:
>>
>> 
>> Hello All,
>>
>> I'm going to take a second bite of the apple with this one. I earlier 
>> asked if anyone had or knew of a way to require sidewalks on an ANR 
>> lot. We have in our Rules and Regulations a requirement for sidewalks 
>> in a subdivision, but nothing with regards to ANR lots. I see this as 
>> a major deficiency as these ANR lots are on public ways where 
>> pedestrian traffic is more likely. A public way is most a link to 
>> locations of interest.
>> I do thank those of you who replied to my earlier query. There was, 
>> as I recall mention of legislation that was not enacted. Action by 
>> the General Court may well be a solution - someday. What I am looking 
>> for is something that can be done today.
>>
>> Thank you and Be Well,
>> Richard Clark, Town of Dudley Planning Board
>>
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Carolyn Britt, AICP
Community Investment Associates
P.O. Box 235
Ipswich, MA 01938
(978) 356-2164
(978) 317-2145 (cell)
(978) 356-9881

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