<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Planners:<div>Check out the summer issue of the Journal of the Boston Bar Association. An article in there re: Tracer Lane case. Bottom line is there’s no bright line.</div><div>Best,</div><div>Jeff Lacy</div><div>Rural Planning Associates </div><div>(413) 230-9693<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Aug 5, 2022, at 6:17 PM, bryonclemence@gmail.com wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style>@font-face { font-family: "Cambria Math"; }
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The Boxborough Agricultural Commission is interested as well. Boxborough passed a solar bylaw this year. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Bryon Clemence<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Boxborough Agricultural Commission<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><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>ruralplanningassociates--- via MassPlanners<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, August 5, 2022 5:42 PM<br><b>To:</b> 'Mass Planners' <massplanners@masscptc.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Tracer Lane Case<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Good morning, municipal planners:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I’m curious if there has been a legal analysis put to writing of the Tracer Lane v. Waltham solar bylaw case? In particular of how this outcome may affect municipalities ability to regulate ground-mounted solar facilities going forward.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thank you very much,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Jeff Lacy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Rural Planning Associates<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">(413) 230-9693<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>