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<br /> letter to'Planning Board
<br /> Town of Mashpee
<br /> Re: Effective Date of Zoning Law Changes as to "A'pproval ;Not Required P,larrs".
<br /> Apr!1 25, 1973
<br /> In"the case,6fIa61jrmer;VS; Millis 377 Mass I, the Court stated:
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<br /> , , . .Accordingly, having in mind Chapter 40A, ,Section 11 , the legislature can
<br /> hardly have intended that a planning board must disregard the ter rr.s'of a
<br />` zoning by-law already, adopted by the;town even,if not yet, approved by the'
<br /> Attorney 'Gcnerak when cal Ied'upon to considec,a sirbdrvrsion plan violating
<br /> that, law " (Emphasis •suppNed) +
<br /> It is argued, by some that a later case`involJing the same parties (Dolrner `r
<br /> VS Millis'212-NE2nd,460) regwres;the,result that'uniil the, newly enacted
<br /> zoning, by-Idw is approved by•the'Attorney General the oIder,,.rnore aiberal,
<br /> by-laws govern thig'plan during the protected' period.-',•I cannot::read this
<br /> -, conclusion in the. later case.., The. 1 1later case:dealt with the question of whether
<br /> or not the amendrrient"to General Law Chapter 40A 1..
<br /> ection 7'A4was to be
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<br /> applied retroEict'iwely .or prospectively only and'the court dismissed the v
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<br /> appeal 'fromdisapprovalkiy the planning board which disapproval'` ,
<br /> was based•on the assurnption'that the plan', was`inconsistent with the,new by
<br /> law. .The case did ,'not' treat,with the;problem of`when 'the new by law became
<br /> effective., ep r se , Vis'-a vis:,p'lanning',6oard'determinations '
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<br /> In facto there,are no .Massachusetts .Casesleicactly `in pointand it,may.be-noted
<br /> that the,court in dicta in the case,of, Oulette. V5 Building Inspector of Quincy
<br /> 285 NE2nd 423 reaffirmed its earl ier•holding in,the,fi'rst DoLiner case,.,supra J
<br /> The U.C.A. Public Law Memo"No 34'reriches"a conci`usion different that
<br /> my,own and among various town counsels there isa difference of opinion On. 1
<br /> occasions before thoroughly (researching this'questiori; 1-'may .haveFgiven an off
<br /> the-cuff opinion which,diffe'rs`from ik'e one given here.` ,
<br /> l,conclude•that the effective date es .to the new,by Iaw with respect to plans ,"" a
<br /> aubmltted asking for "Approval Not Required!' endorsement.within.theF F
<br /> Meaning of G.;L: Chapter 40A:Se6ti6n,' 7A is the trme'.of town meetingSaction
<br /> and not the time when the new by law ,is approved-by'-the. Attorneyy'G*'neral. '
<br /> Respeetful'ly submitted,
<br /> Richard 0. Staff;Mashpee Town Counsel
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