Please join REBA’s Land Use and Zoning Section for a webinar at 12 noon on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, on administrative site plan review and approvals.
Administrative site plan review does not appear anywhere in the Zoning Act; it is wholly a creature of municipal home rule authority. Since it regulates as-of-right uses, the process contemplates conditioning projects, rather than discretionary authority to allow or deny projects to proceed. But what comprise reasonable and unreasonable conditions is fertile ground for litigation. How appeals of site plan approvals are taken depends on the specific provisions of local bylaws and ordinances. Given this indefiniteness and lack of uniform standards, proposals to codify site plan review in the Zoning Act have been frequent, but unsuccessful. in recent years.
This program’s panel includes lawyers representing all perspectives, from that of a litigator, permitting counsel and as a member of a municipal planning board reviewing site plan applications. Please join Kathleen M. O'Donnell, a solo practitioner in Milton, Shawn M. McCormack of Davis Malm & D’Agostine, PC, and Michel L. Wigney of Moriarty Troyer & Malloy LLC, for a discussion of the site plan review process.
This webcast program, open to all REBA members, is from 12 to 1 pm on Wednesday, June 1, 2022. There will be no in-person attendance.
Please come with questions for our panelists.
