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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4182 FILED ON: 3/1/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3745 |
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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 | | Christine P. Barber |
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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 granting the city of Somerville the authority to require the adoption of institutional |
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| 13 | 13 | | master plans subject to the review and approval by the municipality. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Christine P. Barber34th Middlesex3/1/2023Patricia D. JehlenSecond Middlesex3/29/2023Erika Uyterhoeven27th Middlesex3/30/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4182 FILED ON: 3/1/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3745 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representative Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3745) of |
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| 20 | 20 | | Christine P. Barber, Patricia D. Jehlen and Erika Uyterhoeven (with the approval of the mayor |
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| 21 | 21 | | and board of aldermen) that the city of Somerville be authorized to impose municipal reviews on |
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| 22 | 22 | | institutional master plans of certain institutional facilities. Municipalities and Regional |
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| 23 | 23 | | Government. [Local Approval Received.] |
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| 24 | 24 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 25 | 25 | | SEE HOUSE, NO. 2136 OF 2021-2022.] |
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| 26 | 26 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 30 | 30 | | _______________ |
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| 31 | 31 | | An Act granting the city of Somerville the authority to require the adoption of institutional |
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| 32 | 32 | | master plans subject to the review and approval by the municipality. |
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| 33 | 33 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 34 | 34 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 35 | 35 | | 1 SECTION 1. The purpose of this legislation is to promote and facilitate the coordinated |
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| 36 | 36 | | 2and predictable development of larger-scale institutional facilities. The legislation permits the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 3City to require the adoption of an institutional master plan, as described below in Section 2. An |
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| 38 | 38 | | 4institutional master plan is a land-use and development plan for all land owned or used by an |
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| 39 | 39 | | 5institution within a community, that identifies growth and development over a number of years, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 6or in several phases. The master plan provides a tool to assure the community that strategies and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 7development impacts are addressed through the review and adoption of the plan, while providing |
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| 42 | 42 | | 8predictable outcomes for any planned growth of the institution. 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 9 SECTION 2. Notwithstanding G. L. c. 40A, ยง 3 or other applicable law, the City of |
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| 44 | 44 | | 10Somerville is hereby authorized to adopt local legislation imposing institutional master plan |
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| 45 | 45 | | 11review to regulate the use of land or structures for land owned, leased, or otherwise occupied by |
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| 46 | 46 | | 12hospitals, health care institutions , colleges, universities, and non- profit educational |
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| 47 | 47 | | 13corporations. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 14 SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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