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Official: Mass. property owners raising lots of questions as outreach starts on new zoning law for accessory dwelling units.
NEWTON — The Town Council wants to update zoning rules to head off a trend of converting large homes to apartments and boarding houses. The proposed changes, which would limit the number of ...
For instance, if a city has a minimum lot size of 5,000 square feet, only eight full homes can be built on a single acre of land (1 acre = 43,560 square feet).
The Comprehensive Permit Act [1] is a Massachusetts law which allows developers of affordable housing to override certain aspects of municipal zoning bylaws and other requirements. It consists of Massachusetts General Laws (M.G.L.) Chapter 40B, Sections 20 through 23, along with associated regulations issued and administered by the ...
Middlesex County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States.As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,632,002, [1] making it the most populous county in both Massachusetts and New England and the 22nd most populous county in the United States.
General P. Lincoln Mitchell went as far as to call zoning laws "an advanced form of communism." [2] Others supported zoning laws for their uniform and consistent application, and believed that they would be a force of social equality. The constitutionality of zoning laws was highly debated until the ruling of Village of Euclid v.
Massachusetts faces a severe housing shortage, needing more than 200,000 homes to meet demand. Three of our metro areas are among the top 10 with the most restrictive zoning laws, which promote ...
Its statutory authority was set forth in the Massachusetts General Laws chapter 121B, section 4, and amended by the Session Laws of 1960, chapter 652, section 12. The agency's redevelopment authority includes the jurisdiction to buy and sell real estate , acquire real estate through eminent domain , and grant tax concessions to encourage ...