Manchester resident and Planning Board member Gary Gilbert's opinion piece offers a open letter to residents to consider the big questions of local planning in a community like Manchester.
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An Open Letter to the Board of Selectman Regarding 40B Proposal.
The following is an “open letter” to the Board of Selectmen.
Letter to the editor from Manchester resident and MECT President, Michael Dyer.
At this past Monday’s land management “summit”, where the various land management boards, the Selectmen and the Finance Committee all met toge…
The Town anticipates that a developer will be putting forth a proposal for a large apartment complex on Upper School Street across from Utopian Farm Stand and Atwater Avenue. The proposal is for a “40B” project. General Law Chapter 40B, Sections 22-23 of the Massachusetts state statutes, known as the Comprehensive Permit Law, or simply 40B, was enacted back in 1969 by the state to facilitate the construction of low- or moderate-income housing. The law establishes a consolidated local review and approval process (one comprehensive permit) that is handled by the Zoning Board of Appeals to cover all aspects of the local approval process.
