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In recent years, communities in Massachusetts have adopted resource protection zoning (RPZ) as a tool to protect natural resources and open space.RPZ, which was originally passed in Shutesbury, Massachusetts in spring 2008, includes elements of conservation subdivision regulations and cluster development bylaws, to regulate new subdivisions of land in a manner that maximizes the protection of ...
Brockton resident Od Teixeira plans to take full advantage of a new state law that requires cities and towns to allow accessory dwelling units by building his mother an ADU in his backyard at 125 ...
A planning and zoning commission is a local elected or appointed government board charged with recommending to the local town or city council the boundaries of the various original zoning districts and appropriate regulations to be enforced therein and any proposed amendments thereto. In addition, the Planning and Zoning Commission collects ...
The zoning board approved a 30-foot-tall sign. Dubrule said such signs help drivers see that there's a McDonald's nearby so they have time to slow down and make the turn.
Even before the 1966 amendment, the laws regulating municipal powers had been very broadly construed, and there is a long-standing tradition of local autonomy. The Zoning Act [11] grants substantial zoning powers to municipalities. The Massachusetts Subdivision Control Law [12] also concerns land use regulation.
Geoffrey Anatole, a developer whose Brockton projects include XLVII West Elm, speaks in favor of a different developer's plan to redevelop the old Brockton Fairgrounds at a public meeting at West ...
It is unclear if the city of Boston is exempt from the Dover Amendment. The Boston Globe has referred to an exemption for the city on occasion. The Massachusetts General Court approved exemptions for the City of Cambridge (Acts of 1979, Chap. 565 and Acts of 1980, Chap. 387) allowing it to regulate educational and religious uses of property, which Cambridge then incorporated into its zoning laws.
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