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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2884 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2067 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Kevin G. Honan |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to safeguard municipal permitting. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kevin G. Honan17th Suffolk1/19/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2884 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2067 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Honan of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2067) of Kevin |
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| 19 | 19 | | G. Honan relative to municipal permitting. Municipalities and Regional Government. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act to safeguard municipal permitting. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 Section 6 of Chapter 40A is hereby amended by striking the second paragraph and |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2replacing it with the following: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 A zoning ordinance or by-law shall provide that construction or operations under a |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4building permit shall conform to any subsequent amendment of the ordinance or by-law unless |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5the use or construction is commenced within a period of not more than twelve months after the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6issuance of the permit and, in cases involving construction, unless such construction is continued |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7through to completion as continuously and expeditiously as is reasonable. Construction or |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8operations under a special permit or site plan approval shall conform to any subsequent |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9amendment of the zoning ordinance or by-law or of any other local land use regulations unless |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10the use or construction is commenced within a period of three years after the issuance of the |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11permit and, in cases involving construction, unless such construction is continued through to |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12completion as continuously and expeditiously as is reasonable. For the purpose of the prior |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13sentence, construction involving the redevelopment of previously disturbed land shall be deemed 2 of 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14to have commenced upon substantial investment in site preparation and/or infrastructure |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15construction, and construction of developments intended to proceed in phases shall proceed |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16expeditiously, but not continuously, among phases. |
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