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Referral Form
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This form is to be completed by the referring municipal agency's authorized representative. Please attach a copy of the
municipal development permit application pending before the municipal agency, showing the date on which it was received.
Application materials should be transmitted to the Commission sufficient to describe the project and support the referral.
Receipt of this information via the U.S. Mail or delivered in person to the Cape Cod Commission constitutes a referral for
purposes of the Cape Cod Commission Act and Regulations. Form continues on the back.
Referred by (Municipal Agency): _______________________________________________________________________________________
_____ Mandatory Referral _____ Full Discretionary Referral _____ Limited Discretionary Referral
Project Name: __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Project Location: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Applicant Name: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Contact Address: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Email: ______________________________________________________________ Telephone: _______________________________________
Brief description of the project including, where applicable, gross floor area, lots, units, acres and uses (please
use additional sheets as necessary): __________________________________________________________________________________
List municipal agency(ies) before which a municipal development permit is pending or required for the project:
(please use additional sheets as necessary): __________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________
. Signature Date
____________________________________________________________
Print Name of Authorized
Referring Representative/Title
Mail or Deliver to:
Cape Cod Commission Attention: Commission Clerk
3225 Main Street, PO Box 226
Barnstable, MA 02630
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Prior to making any referral, the Commission recommends that the municipal agency contact Commission staff to
confirm process and discuss other relevant issues under the Commission’s regulations; and specific to limited
discretionary referrals, this discussion might eliminate the potential for misunderstanding about the scope of
Commission review under the particular Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan (RPP) issue areas requested.
For Mandatory Referrals: Please indicate the review threshold(s) the project meets/exceeds from Sections 2
and 3 of the Commission’s Chapter A: Enabling Regulations Governing Review of Developments of Regional
Impact.
For Any Discretionary Referrals: A referring agency should provide support about why it believes a project,
that does not otherwise meet or exceed a review threshold, has regional impact and thus should require
Development of Regional Impact (DRI) review. A municipal agency making a discretionary referral may request
DRI review for one or more, or all, the issue areas of the RPP under which the agency maintains that the project
will have regional impact (the RPPs issue areas are set forth below). A "limited" discretionary referral is one that
requests review under one or more but fewer than all the RPPs issue areas. If a limited discretionary referral is
accepted for DRI review, the Commission will limit its RPP consistency review only to those issue areas specified
by the referring agency and accepted for review by the Commission.
Please indicate below the RPP issues under which the municipal agency seeks DRI review:
NATURAL SYSTEMS
______ Water Resources
______ Ocean Resources
______ Wetlands
______ Wildlife & Plant Habitat
______ Open Space
COMMUNITY SYSTEMS
______ Cultural Heritage
______ Economy
______ Housing
BUILT SYSTEMS
______ Community Design
______ Coastal Resiliency
______ Capital Facilities & Infrastructure
______ Transportation
______ Energy
______ Waste Management
______ Affordable Housing
Effect of referral on local board’s time limitation to review an application: For mandatory DRIs, local
review and the corresponding time periods for review are suspended immediately upon the Commission’s
receipt of the DRI referral and resume upon the Commission’s decision to approve a project becoming final. In
the case of any discretionary referral, local review and the corresponding time periods to review are not
suspended unless and until the Commission votes to accept the referred project for DRI review.