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<div dir="auto">So, they endorsed the plans without the owner having satisfied all conditions for endorsement?</div>
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<div dir="auto">I would agree - go through the same procedures as an original application: notices to abutters and owners, publication, and hearing.<br clear="all">
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 10:26 AM Mark Smith Design Inc. via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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I concur. Keep it clean and within what the public deserves.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 10:10 AM Daniel Fortier via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p dir="ltr">I would recommend a CYA approach and hold the hearing. Leave nothing to chance.</p>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 23, 2025, 8:57 AM Matthew Benoit via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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Sorry, I should've clarified. The Plan was never recorded and is not on record. Its been 7 years, no covenant/surety, but I have a set of endorsed mylars upstairs that were never provided to the owner because of conditions to be done prior to endorsement.</div>
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Still need a public hearing?</div>
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Does the Planning Board have to hold a public hearing to rescind a defunct subdivision?</div>
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