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

[Andy Anderson]

MassGIS has a layer of conservation restrictions:

	https://docs.digital.mass.gov/dataset/massgis-data-protected-and-recreational-openspace

— Andy

> On Jun 27, 2018, at 2:54 PM, Nicholas Davidowicz <nicholasdavidowicz at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You should expand it where you are sure this holds. The abbreviation obscures the information too much.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 2:50 PM Bill Ricker <bill.n1vux at gmail.com <mailto:bill.n1vux at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Interesting.
> 
> This might be a case where OSM "abbreviate everything" may be overboard.
> 
> On Wed, Jun 27, 2018, 14:10 Angela Morley <silivrenion at gmail.com <mailto:silivrenion at gmail.com>> wrote:
> 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 <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 <mailto: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 <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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