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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">bobritchie@comcast.net</a> <br></span></p>
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On 06/18/2024 12:57 PM EDT William Cole via MassPlanners <massplanners@masscptc.org> 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;">Bill Cole</span>
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<span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: 12pt;">Hardwick PB</span>
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