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STAFF AND WELSH <br />ATTORNCVB AT LAW <br />712 MAIN BTREET <br />NVANNIO. MAJ56. 02001• <br />47CMAFOD O. l3TAFF Ap+ Coo¢ 077 <br />;ZOMLERT A. WC{LSHm in. - T¢Lai+HON¢. 770.0789 <br />fi.pril 25, 1973 <br />Planning Board ' <br />Town of Mashpee <br />'own Hall <br />i/Iashpee, Mess. <br />r1e: Effective date of Zoning Law Changes as to "Approval Not Required <br />Plens." <br />Gentlemen: <br />Thisletteris in response to your request of;April 13,'1973, in which you ask <br />as to the effective date of zonino by. Iaw,amendments,as to land shown on <br />plans endorsed "Approval Not Required" :(by the'Planning Bmrd)'. <br />Among the statutes which', bear on this question is Section II .of Chapter <br />40A of the General: Laws Mich provides In per..tinent.part,,,as fol lows. ',• <br />",..In a town, no zoning by-law or'amendrnent thereof', shall affect , <br />ony permit issued'or any building, or'structure Iawf611I 'begun ,before; <br />^ Ltotice of hearing before tiie planhJno; board...has first been-giyen;'- <br />provide , that, construction work under such permit'. is commenced within <br />six months after its Jssue, and the work, .,...proceeds in good faith continuously <br />to completion so far as is reasonably practicable under the circumstances. <br />The issuance of a building Perm it...after such notice has, b, een glven...shaII <br />not justify the violation of the zoning ... by, law or amendment thereto subse= <br />quentiy adopted as,the'outcome of such hearing..,. and in substantial accord <br />with such notice, .provided the subsequent steps required for the adoption' <br />of such ... by law'or amendment thereto are taken In their'usual sequence <br />r I <br />wit out unnecessary,or unreasona e.' a ay., <br />w Another statute,b'earing on the question is General Law'Chapter 40A, Section <br />7A; which in essence provides that a developer, is protected'for',a period of <br />if three years from changes'in zoning by-laws from -the date of signing of the <br />Planning Board "Approval Not Required.": The;land;shownon such.a'plan , <br />is to be governed by the by-lavys in effect.at the fi'me,of the submission of <br />the plan to the 'Planning Board.,. _ ! <br />