<div dir="ltr"><div>ICYMI (or did I miss discussion of it?) I hope you can open the link, includes a link to the decision.</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/solar-energy-system-access-road-1011414/">https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/solar-energy-system-access-road-1011414/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Happy 4th</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Dwight</div><div><br></div><div>Dwight Merriam, FAICP</div><div>80 Latimer Lane, Weatogue, CT 06089</div><div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 11:49 AM Town Administration via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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So, I was thinking about the angst that a lot of us have been feeling about the inability to regulate (or deny) utility-scale solar in rural or wooded areas.
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The whole 40A sec. 3 exemption not withstanding, how about an alternative approach to, instead, draft a conservation bylaw? perhaps one that prohibits large-scale cutting of old-growth forest of more than (say) two acres without an approved plan for regrowth
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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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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 1, 2022 11:39 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Laura Harbottle <<a href="mailto:lharbottle@doverma.gov" target="_blank">lharbottle@doverma.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a> <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Tree Protection & Nat. Resource Protection Bylaws</font>
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Laura,<br>
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How would you dealing with ground mounted solar? I still struggle with clear cutting acres of woodland for ground mounted solar. We have two woodland sites that were clear cut just doesn’t feel like a total gain environmental. I would prefer strongly incentives
for roofed mounted, solar canopies, 21E sites and placement and placement on existing impervious surfaces.<br>
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Just curious.<br>
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Richard McCarthy<br>
Town Planner<br>
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