[Massplanners] site plan provisions

[Eric Twarog]

Good Afternoon:

In Greenfield, the site plan review and approval provisions are within the
Zoning Ordinance which does allow the Planning Board to waive strict
compliance in certain situations.  A variance is not required.

Eric

On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM Stephen Wallace via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Question for the Hive Mind:
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> How many of your communities have their site plan provisions embedded
> within the zoning bylaw as opposed to having them in a separate set of
> regulations?
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> Follow-up question: for those communities that have their site plan
> provisions in zoning: do you enable the planning board to waive strict
> compliance in certain situations, or do you send the applicant to the
> zoning board for a variance?
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Stephen Wallace
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> Town Planner
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> Phone: 978-422-8111,  Extension 2320
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> Email: swallace at sterling-ma.gov
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> Butterick Municipal Building
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> 1 Park Street
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> Room 202
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> Sterling, MA 01564
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*Eric Twarog, AICP, Director*
City of Greenfield
Department of Planning & Development
20 Sanderson Street, Room 203
14 Court Square (Mailing Address)
Greenfield, MA 01301
(413) 772-1549
eric.twarog at greenfield-ma.gov
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