An Act granting the city of Somerville the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans subject to the review and approval by the municipality

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An Act granting the city of Somerville the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans subject to the review and approval by the municipality

An Act granting the city of Somerville the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans subject to the review and approval by the municipality By Representative Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

• An Act granting the city of Somerville the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans subject to the review and approval by the municipality By Representative Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
• 3923) of Christine P.
• Barber (with the approval of the mayor and board of aldermen) that the city of Somerville be authorized to impose municipal reviews on institutional master plans of certain institutional facilities.
• Municipalities and Regional Government.

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Official Summary Text

An Act granting the city of Somerville the authority to require the adoption of institutional master plans subject to the review and approval by the municipality
By Representative Barber of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3923) of Christine P. Barber (with the approval of the mayor and board of aldermen) that the city of Somerville be authorized to impose municipal reviews on institutional master plans of certain institutional facilities. Municipalities and Regional Government. [Local Approval Received.]

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.3923

SECTION 1.

The purpose of this legislation is to promote and facilitate the coordinated and predictable development of larger-scale institutional facilities.

The legislation permits the City to require the adoption of an institutional master plan, as described below in Section 2.

An institutional master plan is a land-use and development plan for all land owned or used by an institution within a community, that identifies growth and development over a number of years, or in several phases.

The master plan provides a tool to assure the community that strategies and development impacts are addressed through the review and adoption of the plan, while providing predictable outcomes for any planned growth of the institution.

SECTION 2.

Notwithstanding G. L. c. 40A, § 3 or other applicable law, the City of Somerville is hereby authorized to adopt local legislation imposing institutional master plan review to regulate the use of land or structures for land owned, leased, or

otherwise occupied by hospitals, health care institutions , colleges, universities, and non- profit educational corporations.

SECTION 3.

This act shall take effect upon passage.

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