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<b>Date: </b>Friday, April 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>Jeff Lacy <ruralplanningassociates@crocker.com><br>
<b>Cc: </b>massplanners@masscptc.org <massplanners@masscptc.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL]Re: [Massplanners] Zoning Regulation Change Checklist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Do I hear you volunteering, Jeff?!
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Fri, Apr 18, 2025 at 4:33</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PM Jeff Lacy via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">The 2022 Guidebook mentioned above, authored by Bob Mitchell and Bob Ritchie, is a tremendous resource for professional planners, the boards they work with, and municipal counsel. However, it\u2019s starting to
become a little dated given recent developments. After making such a substantial investment in this work, does APA-MA have plans to keep it current?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Best to all,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jeff Lacy <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Apr 18, 2025, at 4:16</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PM, Bob Mitchell via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Kate: FYI. The Guidebook to Massachusetts Land Use, available on the APA-MA Chapter website, includes an entire section on this topic; Section 4-06, within Zoning Chapter. While it is not written in a checklist
style, it does cover all of the topics you mentioned and much more and does include some tables for certain of those topics. It also includes a number of references to MA court decisions on zoning adoption and amendments with direct links to the entire cases.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 5:41</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">\u202f</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt">PM Kate Mallory via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Does anyone have, and is willing to share, a zoning regulation change checklist for a town? I\u2019m looking for a detailed checklist from beginning to
end. Abutters notices, legal ads, public hearings, what needs to be done when\u2026etc. Basically, \u201cwhat to do when\u201d to ensure all steps are covered.
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