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Committee backs streamlined reform to automatic stay on appeals; forwards slimmer bill to Planning Board with request for second ordinance
Summary
Committee endorsed a narrower, sponsor-led ordinance to terminate the automatic stay after 120 days and add briefing deadlines; the administration will bring a second, broader ordinance for committee review later.
On June 6 the Land Use and Sustainability Committee recommended forwarding a narrower, sponsor-sponsored ordinance that would limit the automatic stay triggered by appeals of Historic Preservation Board (HPB) or Design Review Board (DRB) decisions.
Sponsor Michael Larkin and other proponents argued the current automatic stay — which can remain in effect through higher-tier appeals and sometimes last years — creates a de facto tool to extract concessions and to delay approved projects. The sponsor's slimmer proposal would lift the automatic stay after 120 days, add a briefing schedule (answer brief…
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