[Massplanners] Site Plans & Special Permits

[Elizabeth Bonventre]

Hi,

Burlington's Planning Board conducts Site Plan Review and is also the
Special Permit Granting Authority. We routinely issue Special Permits and
Site Plan decisions at the same time.

Best,

Liz

On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 8:53 AM Eric Twarog via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Good Morning Stephen:
>
> In the city of Greenfield, the Special Permit Granting Authority (both ZBA
> and Planning Board) also does the site plan review so that the applicant
> only has to go before one board.
>
> Eric
>
> On Thu, Oct 3, 2024 at 8:49 AM Stephen Wallace via MassPlanners <
> massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:
>
>> Fellow Planners:
>>
>>
>>
>> For projects in your towns that require *BOTH* a Special Permit *AND*
>> Site Plan approval, how many of you have just *ONE* board (PB or ZBA)
>> issue both permits at the same time?
>>
>>
>>
>> Right now in Sterling, a new business requiring both approvals often
>> spend months with the ZBA getting their Special Permit, then another few
>> months getting Site Plan approval from the Planning Board.  I’m trying to
>> talk my boards into having one or the other issue both approvals.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>
>> Stephen Wallace
>>
>> Town Planner
>>
>> Phone: 978-422-8111,  Extension 2320
>>
>> Email: swallace at sterling-ma.gov
>>
>>
>>
>> Butterick Municipal Building
>>
>> 1 Park Street
>>
>> Room 202
>>
>> Sterling, MA 01564
>>
>>
>>
>>
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