Search Results Searched for: EPA Region is Region 01 Results 1 - 10 of 156 Environmental Impact Review Full Record Section sixty-one of chapter thirty requires all agencies to review, evaluate, and determine the impact on the natural environment of all works, projects, or activities conducted by the agencies and u... http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents... Floating Zoning (Implied) Full Record A Massachusetts court upheld the implied authority of municipalities to utilize floating zones under section six of chapter forty A. The court stated that use of a floating zone, which takes place wh... http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents... Protection of Flood Plains, Seacoasts, and Other Wetlands Full Record This statute authorizes a municipality’s conservation commission, authorized and formed under section eight(c) of chapter forty, to review applications of projects that may affect natural areas, inclu... http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents... Constitutional Rights and Objectives – Protection of the Natural Resources and the Environment Full Record This article declares the broad purpose and intent of the State to protect the state’s environment, including protection of wildlife, natural resources relating to air, land water, and recreational la... http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents... Conservation Restrictions (Conservation Easements) Full Record This statute grants the authority to “any governmental body” to acquire and hold conservation restrictions for purposes including conservation of land or water area. The restriction is subject to app... http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents... Cluster Development – by Special Use Permit Full Record Section nine of chapter 40A authorizes zoning ordinances or by-laws to provide for special permits for uses that are in harmony with the general purpose and intent of the ordinance or bylaw, including... http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents... Conservation Commissions Full Record This statute grants conservation commissions regulatory authority over the use of flood plains. The statute authorizes a city or town to establish a conservation commission for the promotion and deve... http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents... Environmental Joint Powers Agreements Full Record This statute authorizes public agencies, defined below and including cities and towns, to enter into “joint powers agreements” to advance the constitutional objectives of natural resource and environm... http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents... Forest Cutting Practices / Timber Harvesting Full Record The regulation of forest cutting practices appears to rest solely with the state of Massachusetts. Regulations and licensing are found under Chapter one hundred and thirty-two of the General Laws of ... http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents... Municipal Growth and Development Policy Committees Full Record A growth and development policy committee consisting of two or more municipalities may be established under this statute and “engage in all acts and conduct for the purpose of intergovernmental planni... http://landuse.law.pace.edu/landuse/documents... Search time: 0.238 seconds Next 10 Results >>>		Browse Resources Advanced Search About Home User Name Password Sign up for an account.
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