HomeMy WebLinkAboutPhased development 4-1-052-Carol M Article 43. Amend Zoning Bylaw Section 4.2—Phased Development—By Amending
Section 1 —Intent and Purpose and Section 9-Expiration. To see if the Town will vote to
amend Section 4.2 —Phased Development—of the Town of North Andover Zoning Bylaw by
deleting Section 1- Intent and Purpose, and inserting a new Section 1 —Intent and Purpose, and
by deleting Section 9- Expiration, and inserting a new Section 9 —Expiration, or to take any
other action relative thereto:
Phased Development Bylaw as amended to read as follows:
4.2 Phased Development Bylaw
1. Intent and Purpose
This Section 4.2 is adopted pursuant to the provisions of Massachusetts General laws, Chapter
40A and the Home Rule Amendment, Article 89 of the Massachusetts Constitution, for the
following purposes:
a)to ensure that growth occurs in an orderly and planned manner, at a rate that can be supported
by Town services, while avoiding large year to year variations in the development rate;
b) to allow the Town time to update and implement its Master Plan and Housing Plan and to
provide the Town with time to study the effect of growth on the municipality's infrastructure,
character, and municipal services, and to continue municipal comprehensive planning studies
necessary to provide orderly growth;
c)to allow the Town time to study, plan for and provide an additional source of water so as to
protect the town's water supply for future growth;
d)to relate the timing of residential development to the Town's ability to provide adequate
public safety, schools, roads, municipal infrastructure, and human services at the level of quality
which citizens expect, and within the Town's ability to pay under the financial limitations of
Proposition 2 i/2,
e)to allow departures from the strict application of the growth rate measures herein in order to
encourage certain types of residential growth which address the housing needs of specific
population groups or which provide significant reductions in the ultimate residential density of
the Town.
Sections 2-8 remain the same as in the current bylaw—J. Bradshaw can patch these
sections in from the current zoning bylaw Section 4.2 Sections 2 through 8
9. Expiration
The provisions of this Section 4.2 shall expire on July 1, 2009.
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