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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hi Stephen,</font></p>
<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Our Site Plan Approval ( <a
href="https://ecode360.com/6485507"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://ecode360.com/6485507</a>
) is within our Zoning Code (Ch. 165) and the Board can waive
strict compliance in certain situations. <br>
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<p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Hope this helps you!</font></p>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Best,</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">H. LaCortiglia</font><br>
<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Georgetown P.B.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2/26/2025 2:30 PM, Stephen Wallace
via MassPlanners wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Question for
the Hive Mind:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">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?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">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?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thanks in
advance. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:white">Stephen Wallace<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:white">Town
Planner <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:white">Phone:
978-422-8111, Extension 2320 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444;background:white">Email: </span><a
href="mailto:swallace@sterling-ma.gov"
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#064A78;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in;background:white">swallace@sterling-ma.gov</span></a><span
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Municipal Building</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#444444">1
Park Street<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">MA</span> <span
style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">01564</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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