Special Permit, Criteria For Approval, Greenfield, Massachusetts

Topics: Traffic/Sprawl | Zoning Regulations

This zoning code lists 10 criteria that a project must meet in order to get a special permit. The town must find that the project does not reduce the traffic level of service (LOS) at surrounding intersections; that is will not overload town water and sewer facilities; that it will not have a significant adverse impact on the environment; that it will not have a significant adverse impact on the town. Specifically, the proposed project “shall not have a significant adverse fiscal impact on the Town in terms of balancing as near as possible the cost of public services and public revenue provided through taxes and other income.” The project also has to show that it will be “compatible with existing uses and other uses allowed by right in the district, and shall not detract from the character and scale of neighboring properties.”