<div dir="ltr">I saw other comments from Jeff and Dan. However, I would suggest that merely filing a Definitive Subdivision Plan should not constitute "substantial use". I think it needs to go at least a step further to the point that the Definitive Plan is approved, endorsed, and recorded.<div><br></div><div>When I was Planning Director in South Hadley, the Planning Board held that the improvements to allow development on a majority of the lots was necessary to constitute "substantial use"; thus, the roadways, utilities etc. sufficient to provide service to allow buildings to be constructed on at least half the lots was required. There were suggestions by some Planning Board members that even that wasn't sufficient.<div><br><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Thank you<div><br></div><div>Richard Harris, AICP</div><div>PDR, LLC</div><div>Planning Consultant</div><div>413-335-5012</div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 12:17 PM Maren Toohill 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 class="msg-8280316626685275848">
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<p class="MsoNormal">It’s not Friday yet, how about a Wednesday question?<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“Special Permits shall lapse 24 months following the grant thereof….if a substantial use or construction has not sooner commenced, except for good cause.”
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<p class="MsoNormal">In your opinion, does the filing of a Definitive Subdivision constitute “substantial use”?<br>
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I am arguing with….myself about this one.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Maren A. Toohill, AICP<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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