<div dir="ltr">Doug: Special permit applications are new applications and are not tethered to any previous applications. As a discretionary land use permit, there is no right <div>to an approval. U<span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">nlike a special permit
approval, a denial of a special permit does not require detailed findings. </span><a href="http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/369/369mass512.html" style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;color:blue"><i><span style="text-decoration-line:none">MacGibbon v.
Board of Appeals of Duxbury</span></i></a><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">, 369 Mass. 512, 515 (1976). The Board may deny the permit based on any
reasonable grounds. </span><a href="http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/356/356mass635.html" style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify;color:blue"><i><span style="text-decoration-line:none">MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbur</span></i></a><i style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">y</i><span style="font-family:Cambria,serif;font-size:11pt;text-align:justify">, 356 Mass. 635, 638 (1970).</span></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font color="#000099" size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000099" size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000099" size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Bob Mitchell FAICP</font></div><div>Planning Consultant</div><div>Land Use, Planning, Zoning, & Training Programs</div><div>151 Tremont Street Suite 23A</div><div>Boston, MA 02111</div><div>617-512-9751 (c)<span></span><span></span></div><div><a href="mailto:MitchellFAICP@gmail.com" target="_blank">MitchellFAICP@gmail.com</a></div><div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 2, 2023 at 12:02 PM Douglas Finn 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"><div>A little alliteration, if you'll allow it...<br><br></div><div>So, a special permit, granted by a SPGA (say) ten years back, was never acted upon by the owner (no work commenced). The SP expired.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, same owner, same lot, same proposed purpose. Current SPGA finds reasons to deny.<br><br></div><div>Does the previous SP decision factor in? or is the new application and deliberation 'de novo'?<br></div><div><br></div><div>Specific case law in support of one's conclusion would be terrific.<br></div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Thanks,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">- Doug.</span><br><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">============================<br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)" clear="all"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Douglas Finn<br></div><div>Assistant Pro Tem<br></div><div>Edgartown Planning Board<br></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">508-560-6602<br></span><a href="mailto:dfinn@edgartown-ma.us" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">dfinn@edgartown-ma.us</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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