Town of Easton, MA
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Division 5 Rules and Regulations
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Chapter 500 Plan Approval Authority Rules and Regulations
- Division 1 Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Division 2 Bylaws
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 Audit Committee
- Ch 4 Budget Subcommittee
- Ch 6 Capital Planning Committee
- Ch 8 Collector of Taxes
- Ch 11 Contracts and Purchasing
- Ch 14 Council on Aging
- Ch 16 (Reserved)
- Ch 18 Agricultural Commission
- Ch 20 Easton Affordable Housing Trust Fund
- Ch 22 Finance Committee
- Ch 26 Financial Affairs
- Ch 39 Legal Affairs
- Ch 44 Meetings
- Ch 50 Noncriminal Disposition of Violations
- Ch 56 Personal Property, Sale of
- Ch 59 Personnel
- Ch 65 Records and Reports
- Ch 73 Tree Warden
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 89 Advertising, Outdoor
- Ch 93 Alarms
- Ch 96 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 100 Amusement Devices
- Ch 104 Animals
- Ch 112 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 114 Building Demolition Permit Review
- Ch 117 Cable Television
- Ch 121 Cigarette Rolling Paper
- Ch 128 Earth Removal
- Ch 132 Entertainment
- Ch 136 Excavations
- Ch 141 Fire Lanes
- Ch 147 Handicapped Parking
- Ch 150 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 152 Local Historic District
- Ch 156 Junk, Old and Precious Metals and Secondhand Articles
- Ch 162 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 168 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 175 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 179 (Reserved)
- Ch 183 Public Gatherings
- Ch 186 Public Property, Destruction of
- Ch 188 Marijuana
- Ch 189 Right to Farm
- Ch 193 Sales, Yard
- Ch 195 Smoking Ban
- Ch 198 Solid Waste
- Ch 200 Stormwater Management
- Ch 202 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 203 Stretch Energy Code
- Ch 206 Swimming Pools
- Ch 215 Vehicles, Sale of
- Ch 218 Vehicles, Unregistered
- Ch 223 Water
- Ch 224 Sewer District; Board of Sewer Commissioners
- Ch 227 Wetlands Protection
- Ch 235 Zoning
- Division 3 Board of Health
- Ch 304 Backyard Composting
- Ch 308 Body Art
- Ch 316 Floor Drains
- Ch 320 Food Service Establishments
- Ch 329 Manure and Animal Waste Management
- Ch 332 Mosquito-Borne Illnesses
- Ch 337 Pasteurization
- Ch 343 Sanitary Landfill
- Ch 346 Sanitation Facilities
- Ch 350 Sewage Disposal Systems, On-Site
- Ch 355 Solid Waste
- Ch 360 Swine
- Ch 364 Tobacco Products, Sale of
- Ch 369 Wells, Private
- Division 4 Zoning Board of Appeals
- Ch 400 Comprehensive Permits
- Ch 401 (Reserved)
- Ch 402 (Reserved)
- Division 5 Rules and Regulations
- Ch 500 Plan Approval Authority Rules and Regulations
- Ch 500 Art I Organization
- § 500-1 Membership and officers.
- § 500-2 The Chair.
- § 500-3 Clerk.
- § 500-4 Alternate.
- § 500-5 Subcommittees.
- § 500-6 Standards of conduct for PAA members.
- § 500-7 Conflict of interest.
- Ch 500 Art II PAA Roles & Responsibilities
- § 500-8 Powers and duties.
- Ch 500 Art III Meetings
- § 500-9 Open meeting.
- § 500-10 Meeting schedule.
- § 500-11 Quorum and voting.
- § 500-12 Agenda items.
- Ch 500 Art IV Preliminary Review & Pre-Application
- § 500-13 Pre-application.
- § 500-14 Scope of PAA reviews.
- § 500-15 Preliminary review fee.
- Ch 500 Art V Plan Approval
- § 500-16 PAA authority.
- § 500-17 Application form.
- § 500-18 Date of submission.
- § 500-19 Stormwater management report format.
- § 500-20 Filing fee.
- § 500-21 Additional review fee.
- § 500-22 Other permits and variances.
- § 500-23 Review criteria.
- § 500-24 Circulation to other boards & committees.
- § 500-25 Decisions.
- § 500-26 Appeals.
- Ch 500 Art VI PAA Hearings
- § 500-27 Advertisement.
- § 500-28 Contents of notice.
- § 500-29 Hearing procedure.
- Ch 500 Art VII Rules for the Submission of Documents & Plans
- § 500-30 Number of copies.
- § 500-31 Plans must be folded.
- § 500-32 Fourteen-day deadline.
- § 500-33 Multi-page documents.
- § 500-34 Electronic submission.
- Ch 500 Art VIII Waiver of Rules
- § 500-35 Waiver of compliance.
- § 500-36 Request for waiver of rules.
- Ch 500 Art IX Administration
- § 500-37 Adoption.
- § 500-38 Validity.
- § 500-39 Amendment.
- Ch 501 Subdivision Rules and Regulations
- Ch 502 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 503 Wetlands Regulations
- Ch 504 Regulations for Use of Conservation Land
- Ch 505 Sewer Use Regulations
- Ch 506 Mobile Home Park Rules and Regulations
- Ch 507 Building Demolition Review Regulations
- Ch 508 Local Historic District Rules and Regulations
- Appendix
- Ch 800 Acceptances of General Laws
- Ch 801 Special Acts
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[HISTORY: Adopted by the Planning and Zoning Board of the
Town of Easton 9-10-2008. Amendments
noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Zoning — See Ch. 235.
The Easton Plan Approval Authority (hereafter, PAA), in accordance
with MGL c. 40R and MGL c. 40A adopts the following Rules and Regulations,
governing the organization and conduct of the Board and governing
review and action on applications for Plan Approval within the Queset
Smart Growth Overlay District (QSGOD). In addition to complying with
the rules set forth in these Rules and Regulations, applicants must
also comply with any and all requirements set forth in the Town of
Easton Zoning By Law, § 235-51 (QSGOD), any applicable land
use regulations in the Easton Town Code, including the Easton Wetlands
Protection By Law, and Massachusetts General Laws. No procedure set
forth within these Rules and Regulations should be construed to limit
the PAA's powers and rights with respect to those documents.
The procedural rules detailed in this document are presented to provide
the Board and other interested parties, clarification on how the Board
conducts its business.
See § 235-51 of the Easton Zoning By Law for more
information regarding requirements for Plan Approval in the Queset
Smart Growth Overlay District.
