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Consultant explains state-driven shift to administrative subdivision reviews in draft Chapter 14
Summary
Frank Cassidy, a land-use attorney consulting for the town, told the council that recent state legislation requires towns to make preliminary and final plats and certain development approvals administrative rather than discretionary, and staff plan further tweaks to the draft Chapter 14 subdivision code.
Frank Cassidy, a land-use attorney acting as a consultant, told the Town Council that recent state legislation requires cities and towns to move preliminary and final subdivision plat reviews to an administrative approval process and that the draft Chapter 14 was updated to reflect that change.
Cassidy said the change follows a 2023 legislative shift that gave towns an option for administrative reviews and a 2025 law that “flipped the switch” to make administrative review mandatory. “The…
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