City of Springfield, MA
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2024-03-18
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The Code
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 78 Planning
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Article II Planning Department
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Administration
- Ch 10 Assessors
- Ch 16 Boards, Commissions and Committees
- Ch 23 Deeds, Leases and Mortgages
- Ch 25 Departmental Revolving Funds
- Ch 27 Departments
- Ch 32 Elections
- Ch 34 Emergency Services
- Ch 38 Ethics
- Ch 42 Finances
- Ch 49 Historic Districts
- Ch 61 Mayor and Council; School Committee
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- Ch 73 Personnel
- Ch 78 Planning
- Ch 78 Art II Planning Department
- § 78-5 Establishment; powers and duties.
- § 78-6 Studies, plans and reports.
- § 78-7 Master or comprehensive plan.
- § 78-8 Planning Director.
- Ch 82 Purchasing and Contracts
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 100 Alarms
- Ch 105 Amusements
- Ch 110 Animals
- Ch 115 Auctions and Auctioneers
- Ch 118 Awnings, Canopies and Signs
- Ch 123 Biomedical Research
- Ch 131 Body Art Establishments
- Ch 140 Building Construction
- Ch 143 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 149 Buses
- Ch 154 Community Gardens
- Ch 157 Curfew
- Ch 165 Drugs and Drug Products
- Ch 172 Excavations
- Ch 173 Facial Recognition Surveillance Technology
- Ch 175 Fees
- Ch 178 Fire Prevention
- Ch 182 Foreclosures
- Ch 184 Fortunetellers
- Ch 190 Gang Activity
- Ch 201 Graffiti
- Ch 208 Hazardous Materials
- Ch 213 Health and Sanitation
- Ch 218 Historic Preservation
- Ch 229 Licenses and Permits
- Ch 235 Lodging and Rooming Houses
- Ch 238 Short-Term Rentals
- Ch 240 Loitering
- Ch 245 Marijuana
- Ch 247 Massage Businesses
- Ch 248 Military Leave
- Ch 259 Noise
- Ch 265 Parking, Valet
- Ch 270 Pawnbrokers and Junk Dealers
- Ch 275 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 279 Peddling and Soliciting
- Ch 282 Plastic Bag Reduction
- Ch 285 Property Maintenance
- Ch 300 Sewers
- Ch 304 Sex Offenders
- Ch 311 Skateboards and Scooters
- Ch 316 Smoking
- Ch 322 Snow and Ice
- Ch 327 Solid Waste
- Ch 334 Storm Drains
- Ch 336 Stormwater Management
- Ch 338 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 347 Swimming Pools
- Ch 351 Tag/Garage Sales
- Ch 355 Taxation
- Ch 362 Tobacco Products
- Ch 368 Tree Protection
- Ch 379 Vehicles, Abandoned and Unregistered
- Ch 385 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 390 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 401 Waste Hauling Services
- Ch 405 Water
- Ch 412 Weapons and Explosives
- Ch 417 Wetlands
- Appendix
- Ch A450 Special Acts and Resolves
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
A City Planning Department is established. This Department shall
be responsible for the provision of technical planning service to
all pertinent municipal agencies and boards.
A.
The Planning Department shall from time to time make careful studies
and, when necessary, propose plans of the resource possibilities and
needs of the City and, upon completion of such study and following
a review by the Planning Board, shall submit to the City Council a
report thereon with its recommendations.
B.
It shall submit annually a report approved by the Planning Board
to said City Council giving information regarding the condition of
the City and any plans or proposals for its development and estimates
of the costs thereof, and shall at the same time furnish a copy of
such report to the State Planning Board.
A.
The Planning Department is ordered and directed to make a master
or comprehensive plan of the City or such part or parts thereof as
the Planning Board may deem advisable and from time to time may extend
or perfect such plan.
B.
The master or comprehensive plan shall be subject to the approval
of the City Planning Board and shall be in the detail set forth by
MGL c. 41, § 81D, and may be made, added to and changed
from time to time as provided by § 81D.
A.
The position of Planning Director is created.
B.
The Planning Director shall be appointed by the Mayor and serve a
term concurrent with the Mayor.
C.
The Planning Director shall be responsible for the administration
of the Planning Department and the direction of its planning activities.
The Planning Board shall be advisory to the Director except where
otherwise prescribed by City ordinance or state statute.
