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Hi Doug, </div>
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Here in Athol we say up front in our Rules and Regulations that the Applicant must cover the cost of the legal ad publication. Once the newspaper has a proof of the legal ad and the cost estimate, we share that with the Applicant. The Applicant then is responsible
for making the payment. If they don't make the payment by publication deadline, then they wouldn't have their hearing and it would have to be rescheduled for the next meeting. So far in 5+ years we've had this policy, no one has missed their payment.</div>
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Hope this helps,</div>
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Eric</div>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="">Eric R. Smith, AICP </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="">Director of Planning and Development </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="">Town of Athol </span></p>
<p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="">584 Main Street, </span></p>
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<p style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="">(978) 721-8500 ext. 517 </span></p>
<font face="Calibri, sans-serif"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px;">esmith@townofathol.org </span></font></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 6, 2022 6:06 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Christopher Skelly via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Publication Fees included in Fees for Applications?</font>
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Good evening Planners -<br>
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Do you proactively charge an application a publication fee, equal to the cost of advertising the public notice? If so, do you round up? estimate? base it on actual cost? Do you consider an application submitted ONLY upon receipt of payment? if so, do you
encode that into your zoning bylaw, or special permit procedures?<br>
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Thanks in advance...</div>
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Respectfully,</div>
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- Doug.<br>
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Douglas Finn, Administrative Assistant<br>
Town of Westhampton<br>
1 South Road<br>
Westhampton, MA 01027<br>
413-203-3086<br>
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