City of Springfield, MA
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2024-03-18
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The Code
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 78 Planning
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Article I Planning Board
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 10 Assessors
- Ch 16 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 23 Deeds, Leases and Mortgages
- Ch 25 Departmental Revolving Funds
- Ch 27 Departments
- Ch 32 Elections
- Ch 34 Emergency Services
- Ch 38 Ethics
- Ch 42 Finances
- Ch 49 Historic Districts
- Ch 61 Mayor and Council; School Committee
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- Ch 73 Personnel
- Ch 78 Planning
- Ch 78 Art I Planning Board
- § 78-1 Establishment; authority; powers and duties.
- § 78-2 Composition; appointment and terms of members; vacancies.
- § 78-3 Officers and employees.
- § 78-4 Referrals and investigations.
- Ch 82 Purchasing and Contracts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Alarms
- Ch 105 Amusements
- Ch 110 Animals
- Ch 115 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 118 Awnings, Canopies and Signs
- Ch 123 Biomedical Research
- Ch 131 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 140 Building Construction
- Ch 143 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 149 Buses
- Ch 154 Community Gardens
- Ch 157 Curfew
- Ch 165 Drugs and Drug Products
- Ch 172 Excavations
- Ch 173 Facial Recognition Surveillance Technology
- Ch 175 Fees
- Ch 178 Fire Prevention
- Ch 182 Foreclosures
- Ch 184 Fortunetellers
- Ch 190 Gang Activity
- Ch 201 Graffiti
- Ch 208 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 213 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 218 Historic Preservation
- Ch 229 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 235 Lodging and Rooming Houses
- Ch 238 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 240 Loitering
- Ch 245 Marijuana
- Ch 247 Massage Businesses
- Ch 248 Military Leave
- Ch 259 Noise
- Ch 265 Parking, Valet
- Ch 270 Pawnbrokers and Junk Dealers
- Ch 275 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 279 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 282 Plastic Bag Reduction
- Ch 285 Property Maintenance
- Ch 300 Sewers
- Ch 304 Sex Offenders
- Ch 311 Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 316 Smoking
- Ch 322 Snow and Ice
- Ch 327 Solid Waste
- Ch 334 Storm Drains
- Ch 336 Stormwater Management
- Ch 338 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 347 Swimming Pools
- Ch 351 Tag/Garage Sales
- Ch 355 Taxation
- Ch 362 Tobacco Products
- Ch 368 Tree Protection
- Ch 379 Vehicles, Abandoned and Unregistered
- Ch 385 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 390 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 401 Waste Hauling Services
- Ch 405 Water
- Ch 412 Weapons and Explosives
- Ch 417 Wetlands
- Appendix
- Ch A450 Special Acts and Resolves
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A Planning Board under the provisions of MGL c. 41, § 81A,
is established. Such Planning Board shall have all the powers and
duties granted by MGL c. 41, §§ 81A to 81GG.
A.
The Planning Board shall consist of nine members.
B.
Seven members shall be appointed by the Mayor for a term of five
years. The remaining two members shall be the Chairman of the Board
of Public Works or a board member designated by him, ex officio, and
the Chairman of the Board of Park Commissioners or a board member
designated by him, ex officio.
C.
A vacancy occurring other than by expiration of a term shall be filled
for the unexpired term in the same manner as in the case of an original
appointment.
The Planning Board shall elect annually a Chairman and a Clerk
from its own number.
A.
The City Council, as provided in MGL c. 41, § 81Q,
may by ordinance or vote provide for the reference of any matter or
class of matters to the Planning Board before final action thereon,
with or without the provision that final action shall not be taken
until the Planning Board has submitted its report or has had a reasonable
fixed time to submit the same.
B.
The Planning Board shall have full power to make such investigations,
maps and reports and recommendations in connection therewith, relating
to the planning and development of the City, as it deems desirable.
