[Talk-us-massachusetts] CR/PRD labeled green spaces

[Angela Morley]

GlenAsp actually messaged me direct on OSM and answered the questions
thusly, fyi...

CR stands for Conservation Restriction, which is a way of permanently
protecting land from development while retaining ownership. (Essentially,
the owner deeds the development rights, usually to a town or land trust, in
perpetuity.) Most states other than Massachusetts call it a conservation
easement. In the case of the "Stevens CR", this is what it’s commonly
referred to.

PRD stands for Planned Residential Development. This refers to North
Andover’s cluster zoning, (or PRD) by-law, which allows a developer to
cluster houses close together in exchange for setting aside a piece of
permanently protected conservation land. The open space is then typically
named for the development, with the PRD acronym at the end. Here’s a link
to North Andover’s open space plan, listing the names of these areas:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzzUaLZFJDl3WXhPS0R4RWljSEk/view
It's strange and foreign seeing CR and PRD all over the place, especially
for a member of the general public who looks at that and wonders "hmm, what
does this space mean for me? Is it private? Is it part of a reservation? Is
it recreational land open to public use?"

Angela

On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 1:55 PM, Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com> wrote:

> Stevens CR appears to be locally accepted abbreviation of "Stevens
> Coolidge Reservation" which barely distinguishes it from "Stevens
> Coolidge Place" (abbreviated SCP); both are used in official documents
> of The Trustees of the Reservation.
> http://www.thetrustees.org/assets/documents/places-to-
> visit/managementplans/Weir_Hill_Mgmt_Plan_2006.pdf
>
> (Elsewhere, I would expect "Conservation Reservation" would be the
> generic expansion.)
>
> Does PRD appear in a context where "Parks and Recreation Department"
> makes sense?
>
> // bill
>
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