[Massplanners] Planning Board Questions

[Kathy Joubert]

Hello All - On behalf of the Northborough Planning Board, the Board has requested I pose the following questions:


  1.  If your Board requires applicants to send materials in advance of the next meeting, how many days in advance do you require the information?  If the material is not sent in advance of the meeting, does your board automatically continue the hearing to the next meeting and if so, do you notify abutters in advance of the date change?  Is this requirement regarding submission of additional information contained in your Planning Board Rules and Regulations? Do you find requiring a deadline effective in that once a firm's project is continued for not submitting the additional information in a timely manner they are more compliant on the next project?  (This is for material after the initial public hearing.)



  1.  Regarding the adherence of site plan and/or special permit conditions, I'm assuming you find applicants generally comply with the conditions found in the decision.  If an applicant does not comply, do you utilize Chapter 40 Section 21D and enforce your bylaws and conditions through non-criminal disposition?  If so, have you found this to be effective or do you find the applicant paying the fine as opposed to complying with the decision?  I assume most communities have the staff meet with the offender on site, explain the situation, and generally the situation is resolved.  But for situations of non-compliance do you find the non-criminal disposition effective?


Thank you in advance for your responses.

Kathy

Kathryn A. Joubert
Town Planner

Northborough Town Hall
Planning Department
63 Main Street
Northborough MA 01532
508-393-5019
Mon Wed Thurs 8am-4pm; Tues 8am-7pm; Fri 7am-noon


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