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Zoning Bulletin June 25, 2013 I Volume 7 I Issue 12 <br />marijuana cooperative or collective." (sC 11362.83, subd. (a); see also, <br />§ 11362.768, subds. (f), (g).) It also agreed with "the analyses and conclu- <br />sions of other Courts of Appeal that have held that local governing bodies <br />may, under their traditional police powers, regulate medical marijuana land <br />uses by means of local zoning ordinances and other regulations." (See also <br />City of Riverside v. Inland Empire Patients Health and Wellness Center, Inc., <br />2013 WL 1859214 (Cal. 2013), highlighted in this Bulletin.) <br />Zoning News from Around the Nation <br />MASSACHUSETTS <br />Lawmakers have recently introduced a bill "that for the first time in <br />37 years would update the state law that governs municipal zoning, <br />subdivision control, and planning." Proponents of the proposed update <br />to the Massachusetts enabling law (established in 1975) say that a <br />"contemporary law to deal with modern circumstances" is needed. <br />Among other things, the bill —"An Act Promoting the Planning and <br />Development of Sustainable Communities" —would reportedly: <br />o abolish a law that allows subdivisions to be built with no plan- <br />ning board review or approval if the proposed homes front an <br />existing road; <br />• allow a community to require only a simple majority vote to <br />change a zoning law; <br />• authorize "inclusionary zoning," providing more affordable <br />homes in exchange for more homes to be built on a lot than <br />permitted under zoning; <br />o allow a majority vote on a zoning or planning board in order to <br />issue a special permit; <br />• approve impact fees for a community to recoup some of the <br />capital costs for private developments; <br />• create an alternative process to resolve disputes among ap- <br />plicants, municipal officials and the public with a "neutral facilita- <br />tor"; <br />• overhaul the current law on issuing variances from zoning ordi- <br />nances or bylaws; <br />• create the option of consolidated peuuiitting for projects; <br />• update the elements of a master plan to include five requirements: <br />goals and objectives, housing, natural resources and energy, land <br />use and zoning, and putting the plan into effect; <br />© 2013 Thomson Reuters 11 <br />