<div dir="ltr">Good Afternoon:<div><br></div><div>In Greenfield, the site plan review and approval provisions are within the Zoning Ordinance which does allow the Planning Board t<font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">o waive strict compliance in certain situations. A variance is not required.</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style=""><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" style="">Eric</font></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 26, 2025 at 2:33 PM Stephen Wallace 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-5311478605093347798">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">How many of your communities have their site plan provisions embedded within the zoning bylaw as opposed to having them in a separate set of regulations?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">Follow-up question: for those communities that have their site plan provisions in zoning: do you enable the planning board to waive strict compliance in certain situations, or do you send the applicant to
the zoning board for a variance?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">Thanks in advance. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);background:white">Stephen Wallace<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);background:white">Phone: 978-422-8111, Extension 2320 <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div></blockquote></div><div><br clear="all"></div><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><b><font color="#274e13">Eric Twarog, AICP, Director</font></b></span><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div>City of Greenfield</div><div>Department of Planning & Development</div><div>20 Sanderson Street, Room 203</div><div>14 Court Square (Mailing Address)</div><div>Greenfield, MA 01301</div><div>(413) 772-1549</div><div><a href="mailto:eric.twarog@greenfield-ma.gov" target="_blank">eric.twarog@greenfield-ma.gov</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>