THE STERLING PLANNING BOARD, CHAIRED BY SELF-DEALING DEVELOPER WEASEL CARL CORRINNE, WITH THE MAKE-WORK ‘TOWN PLANNER’  AS ITS TALKING SOCK PUPPET, MAKES ASS-BACKWARDS PLOY  TO RAM THROUGH ZBA SPECIAL PERMITS BEFORE PLANNING BOARD ISSUES SITE PLAN DECISIONS

Well folks, need any more proof that the Planning Board, Chaired by self-dealing developer weasel Carl Corrinne, and the Planning Board’s talking sock puppet, the Town Planner, are pro-development pimps? Then check out their proposals for ZBA Special Permit-granting and Planning Board site plan reviewing—

https://www.sterling-ma.gov/sites/g/files/vyhlif1266/f/uploads/zoning_proposal_3_-_special_permits_site_plans_-_joint_hearings.pd

The following are the KEY sections–

§ 301-6.3.4 Special Permits that require Site Plan review. For development projects that require a Special Permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals and Site Plan approval from the Planning Board, the applicant may apply for both concurrently and request a joint public hearing by both Boards. When a joint public hearing is requested, both boards will coordinate a public hearing date and provide proper public notice per MGL Chapter 40A, Section 11. The procedural order shall be that the Zoning Board of Appeals shall issue its Special Permit decision first, followed by the Planning Board issuing its Site Plan decision.

§ 301-6.4.4 Site Plans that require Special Permits. For development projects that require a Site Plan approval from the Planning Board and a Special Permit from the Zoning Board of Appeals, the applicant may apply for both concurrently and request a joint public hearing by both Boards. When a joint public hearing is requested, both boards will coordinate a public hearing date and provide proper public notice per MGL Chapter 40A, Section 11. The procedural order shall be that the Zoning Board of Appeals shall issue its Special Permit decision first, followed by the Planning Board issuing its Site Plan decision.

Just how stupid do the Planning Board and Town Planner think we are? It’s the Site Plan review process that gets into a development proposal’s NITTY-GRITTY, including objectionable details, but as you can see the Planning Board wants to force the Sterling Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) to issue Special Permits BEFORE the Planning Board completes its duty to render Site Plan Review determinations.

THAT’S TOTALLY ASS-BACKWARDS AND THEY KNOW IT.

AND YEAH, THE PLANNING BOARD AND THE TOWN PLANNER ARE ASSHOLES.

SHOOT DOWN THIS PROPOSAL AT STERLING’S MAY ANNUAL TOWN MEETING.

See you at the Zoning Forum Wednesday night, 19 February 2025—

https://www.sterling-ma.gov/home/news/public-forum-on-proposed-zoning-changes-february-19-2024-630-at-the-1835-town-hall-31-main

J.G.