<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Easthampton's ZBA & PB are very lenient in allowing applicants to withdraw their applications if it is looking to be denied. If the board allows an application to be withdrawn without prejudice then it can be resubmitted. In cases where the application has been denied or withdrawn with prejudice, the applicant needs to wait 2 years or needs to make substantive changes to the application to be eligible to reapply. <div><br></div><div>If no changes were made to the application and it is still within the 2 year window, then we would follow MGL 40a Section 16:<blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 40px;border:none;padding:0px"><div>No appeal, application or petition which has been unfavorably and finally acted upon by the special permit granting or permit granting authority shall be acted favorably upon within two years after the date of final unfavorable action unless said special permit granting authority or permit granting authority finds, by a unanimous vote of a board of three members or by a vote of four members of a board of five members or two-thirds vote of a board of more than five members, specific and material changes in the conditions upon which the previous unfavorable action was based, and describes such changes in the record of its proceedings, and unless all but one of the members of the planning board consents thereto and after notice is given to parties in interest of the time and place of the proceedings when the question of such consent will be considered.</div></blockquote><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Jamie Webb<br></div>Assistant Planner<br>City of Easthampton - Planning Department<br>50 Payson Avenue, Easthampton, MA 01027<br>413.529.1405 / <a href="https://easthamptonma.gov/176/Planning" target="_blank">Website</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Easthampton-Planning-Department-380076865424358" target="_blank">Facebook</a><br><i><font size="1">Please be aware that the Massachusetts Secretary of State considers e-mail to be a public record subject to the provisions of the MA Public Records Law, MGL ch. 66.
</font></i></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 12:35 PM Evan Sears 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"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>I'm hoping to gain some insight into how other cities handle return applications to the ZBA after the initial application was denied. </div><div><br></div><div>Brockton currently requires applicants with proposals denied by the ZBA to go before the Planning Board, with a revised proposal, seeking permission to return to the ZBA with said revised proposal. The PB then votes on whether they believe the applicant has altered the elements of the proposal cited in the ZBA's decision as the basis for denial enough to go before the ZBA a second time. </div><div><br></div><div>This is a formal process requiring a full, separate application, filing fee, certified abutter notifications, and placement on the agenda of a Planning Board meeting. </div><div><br></div><div>This process, and the subsequent decisions, has been causing some controversy and contention recently so we're looking to compare our process to other cities in the Commonwealth. </div><div><br></div><div>So I ask, what process, if any, must your applicants go through in order to return to the ZBA for a second chance at an initially denied proposal?</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Evan</div><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">--</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:150%"><b><span style="line-height:150%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Evan Sears</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Planner 1</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">City of Brockton</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Planning & Economic Development</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">45 School Street</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">Brockton, MA 02301</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:9pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">tel. 508-580-7113 ext. 6424</span><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal">
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