<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>The guidebook was written by Bob Mitchell and me several years ago for APA-MA, which holds the copyright for the book. To my knowledge it has not been updated since completed, but is available to all APA-MA members on line. You should contact the association to find out how you can ask Guidebook. That said, feel free to give me a call sometime tomorrow or later in the week. Perhaps I can be of some assistance.</div><div><br></div><br id="lineBreakAtBeginningOfSignature"><div dir="ltr">Bob Ritchie<div><div>20 Bayon Drive</div><div>Apartment 314</div><div>South Hadley MA 01075<br><div>413-531-2431</div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 18, 2024, at 2:34 PM, Edgartown Planning Board <planningboard@edgartown-ma.us> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Bob - I am a member of the APA but cannot find a way to access your book! Can you assist me?<div><br></div><div>Deanna, Town of Edgartown Planning Board Assistant.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 1:13 PM Bob RITCHIE 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"><u></u>
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This topic is comprehensively discussed in the APA-MA's Guidebook. Check it out.
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<p><em><strong><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times">Bob Ritchie</span></strong></em><br><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times">20 Bayon Drive<br>Apartment 314<br>South Hadley, MA 01075<br>413-531-2431</span><br><span style="font-family:"times new roman",times"><a href="mailto:bobritchie@comcast.net" target="_blank">bobritchie@comcast.net</a> <br></span></p>
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On 06/18/2024 12:57 PM EDT William Cole via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">Any thoughts on this from 40A sec 3 of MGL? </span>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">"...25 per cent of such products for sale, based on either gross sales dollars or volume, have been <em>produced by the owner or lessee of the land on which the facility is located</em>, or...</span>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">Does this mean...</span>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">the sales must be produced on the <em>very parcel</em> on which the facility is to be built?</span>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">or can the sales be from other, non-adjacent farm parcels belonging to the same owner?</span>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">Has this come up elsewhere? Thanks. </span>
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<span style="font-family:helvetica;font-size:12pt">Hardwick PB</span>
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