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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2E74B5'>Mike,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2E74B5'>When was the way laid out? If after the enactment of Subdivision Control Law, then they may resubdivide under </span><span style='color:#2E74B5'>§</span><span style='color:#2E74B5'>81W and eliminate the way. Please see below…………….Gary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2E74B5'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Monotype Corsiva";color:#4472C4'>_____________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#4472C4'>Gary G. Ayrassian, Director<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#4472C4'>Department of Planning & Development <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#4472C4'>City of Attleboro | City Hall - Government Center | <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#4472C4'>77 Park Street | Attleboro, MA 02703 |<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#4472C4'>p: 508.223.2222 x 3143 | f: 508.222.3046 |<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#4472C4'><a href="mailto:cityplanner@cityofattleboro.us"><span style='color:#4472C4'>cityplanner@cityofattleboro.us</span></a> |<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Book Antiqua",serif;color:#4472C4'><a href="http://www.cityofattleboro.us/"><span style='color:#4472C4'>www.cityofattleboro.us</span></a> |</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Constantia",serif;color:#4472C4'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#2F5496'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F4E79'><img border=0 width=76 height=72 style='width:.7916in;height:.75in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D8349D.040DC230"></span><span style='font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1F4E79'> </span><span style='color:#1F4E79'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2E74B5'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2E74B5'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#2E74B5'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael McCarthy via MassPlanners (massplanners@masscptc.org)<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 10, 2022 2:19 PM<br><b>To:</b> massplanners@masscptc.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Dissolving a paper street<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Mass. Planners,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I wanted to check the opinions of the great minds on our trusty listserv before I dove into the literature on this. We have a petitioner seeking to dissolve a paper street that divides two parcels he owns. The “street” is short and only abuts two other parcels before connecting to an existing public way. The petitioner and the abutters all have frontage on existing adjacent streets, so nobody would need to rely on this street to be built out for frontage in the future (no landlocking). He’s presented us with a draft plan <span style='color:red'>What plan though – do you mean an ANR plan? </span>proposing the road be split into three parcels divided among the abutters but has asked what the contingency is if one of the abutters does not want to assume ownership of the land for tax or other reasons. <span style='color:red'>The abutters of the paper street already own to the center of the road, the length of their frontage. There is nothing to be conveyed – they already own it; they just aren’t taxed. </span>The owner of one of the abutting properties lives out of state and he has had trouble contacting him.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The way I see it, there are two options: 1) he revises the plan to only dissolve the paper street between his two parcels, which is all he really wants to do anyway so he can extend his home or 2) he pursues agreements to have the abutters convey to him the land which they are entitled <span style='color:red'>This would only serve to secure a change in the title, but it wouldn’t abandon the paper street. </span>(he has indicated that this is agreeable to him) and provides us some notarized documentation. Do these approaches sound reasonable? Am I missing something here?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thank you in advance,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Mike McCarthy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Assistant City Planner<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>City of New Bedford – Dept. of City Planning<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>508-979-1488<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>