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<br />letter to'Planning Board
<br />Town of Mashpee
<br />Re: Effective Date of Zoning Law Changes as to "Appproval ;Not Required P',larrs". '
<br />Apr! 1 25,1913
<br />In"the case, 6fIa61jrmer;VS; Millis 377 Mass I, the Court stated: "
<br />,,..Accordingly, having in mind Chapter 40A, ,Section II, the legislature can
<br />hardly have intended that a planning board must disregard the ter rr.s of a
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<br />zoning by-law already, adopted by the;town even, if not yet, approved by the'
<br />Attorney "General, when cal Ied'upon'to considec,a sirbdrvrsion plan violating
<br />that, law " (Emphasis'suppNed)
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<br />It is argued, by some that a later case`involJing the same parties '(Dollner
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<br />VS Millis'212•NE2nd'460) req'wres;the,result that until the, newly enacted
<br />zoning, by-law is approved by•the'Attorney General the oIder,,.rnore aiberal, '
<br />by-laws govern the'plan during the protected' period. -','I cannot::read this
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<br />conclusion in the. later case.., The later case:dealtwith the question of whether
<br />or not the amendrrient"to General Law Chapter 40A'Section 7'A4was to be
<br />applied retroact'i,vely.or prospectively only and'thecourt dismissed the
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<br />petitioners. a appeal'fromdisapprovalkiy the planning board which disapproval'`
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<br />was based•on the assurnption'that the plan', was `inconsistent with the, new by -
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<br />law. .The casedid 'not, treat,with the; problem of`when'the new by law became
<br />effective., ep r se, Vi.S a vrs:,p'lanning',6oard'determinations '
<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. VS Building Inspector of Quincy
<br />285 NE2nd 423 reaffirmed its earl ier,holding in,th61(rst Doi,iner case,., supra
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<br />The U.C.A. Pubirc Law Memo"No 34'reriches"a conci`usion different
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<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.`
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<br />1'.concIude'that the effective date as .to the new by Iaw with respect tp plans "'
<br />aubmltted asking for "Approval Not Required!'
<br />endorsement.within. theF
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<br />Meaning of G.;L: Chapter 40A:Section,' 7A is the trmel.of town meetingSaction
<br />and not the time when the new by law.is approved by' -the Attorney'G*'neral. '
<br />Respeetful'ly submitted,
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<br />Richard O. Staff; Mashpee Town Counsel
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