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After having a staff meeting yesterday, for us, we decided staff will review the application online first
<u>before</u> it gets stamped. W<span style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">hen we go to to online permitting, relevant staff will be assigned to its review and when all checkmark, then the application will be stamped.
The Town Clerk is sort of used to stamping everything that comes in but we politely tried to discourage that to avoid pressuring the board with tight timelines. If you're not on online permitting, there should be a paper checklist form or something submitted
to staff, and once complete, that cover page is with the Town Clerk, then the Clerk will stamp it. Of course every municipality has its own way. </span></div>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Related (at least to me) question. How do folks handle an application that gets stamped in and the clock starts but there is so much missing information that the application is truly incomplete? Is there a cover sheet or some non-Town-Clerk
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">Thanks everyone. The conundrum I am having is while online applications are more efficient and easier, ultimately it is the applicant's responsibility to get their application
stamped with the town clerk. It is their application; their money. I am weary of staff stamping applications on behalf of applicants that can have ramifications on important timelines. I'm not sure now but I remember case law supporting it is the applicant's
responsibility to file and stamp with the clerk if their is an appeal and timelines come into play. I am going to attempt to figure out a system here where applicants can apply online, move forward, and they provide a copy of the stamped application to staff
but we'll see if feasible. The state law isn't updated yet for a digital age. </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Eras Medium ITC",sans-serif; color:#002060">Town of North Attleboro </span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Eras Medium ITC",sans-serif; color:#002060">43 South Washington St. </span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:"Eras Medium ITC",sans-serif; color:#002060">North Attleboro, MA 02760 </span><span style="color:black"></span></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">From:</span></b><span style="color:black"> Christopher McGoldrick <<a href="mailto:cmcgoldrick@shrewsburyma.gov">cmcgoldrick@shrewsburyma.gov</a>><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 16, 2022 11:32 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Eric Twarog <<a href="mailto:eric.twarog@greenfield-ma.gov">eric.twarog@greenfield-ma.gov</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Gil Hilario <<a href="mailto:ghilario@nattleboro.com">ghilario@nattleboro.com</a>>; Massachusetts Planners <<a href="mailto:MassPlanners@masscptc.org">MassPlanners@masscptc.org</a>><br>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 10:10 AM Gil Hilario via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; color:black">North Attleboro has all of our building permits online. Planning is still paper applications. Of course we ask for everything electronically and do most of our recordkeeping
there. We are having a discussion on whether to put special permit applications for planning & zoning online. The infamous town clerk stamp has come up. Just curious, how are municipalities doing special permit applications online? Or are you keeping them
on paper? How do you handle the town clerk stamp for special permit applications? Does your office or the applicant get the town clerk stamp? </span></p>
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