HomeMy WebLinkAboutPhased Development1 4.2 Phased Development By-law
1. Intent and Purpose.
1. INTENT AND PURPOSE
This Section 4.2.1 is adopted pursuant to the provisions of M.G.L., c. 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 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;
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 1/2.;
f)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.
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