<div dir="auto">Withdraw with prejudice is the equivalent of a denial. Use with caution and make all the findings you might make for an actual denial. If they are willing to withdraw why not just let them?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Daniel Fortier, AICP Retired Planner </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 25, 2024, 2:33 PM Anne Capra via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Dear Planners,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Wondering if anyone can provide any guidance on the criteria a Planning Board would use in regards to accepting the withdrawal of a Special Permit "with prejudice" versus "without prejudice"? I'm also under the impression that the vote on accepting the withdrawal can be by a simple majority versus a super majority because 40A only indicates the super majority threshold on "approval" of the Special Permit. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thoughts?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Thanks!</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Anne</div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small">Anne Capra, AICP</span><br></div><div><font color="#0b5394" face="georgia, serif">Director, Planning & Conservation</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#0b5394">Town of South Hadley </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#0b5394">116 Main Street | South Hadley, MA 01075</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#0b5394">(413) 538-5030 x6128</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)" color="#0b5394"><a href="mailto:acapra@southhadleyma.gov" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">acapra@southhadleyma.gov</a></font></div><div><br></div><div><font face="verdana, sans-serif"><b>Learn more about South Hadley's community plans <a href="https://southhadley.org/1127/Community-Plans-and-Studies" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">HERE</a>.</b></font></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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