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Stoughton / ˈ s t oʊ t ən / (official name: Town of Stoughton) is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 29,281 at the 2020 census . The town is located approximately 17 miles (27 km) from Boston , 31 miles (50 km) from Providence, Rhode Island , and 35 miles (56 km) from Cape Cod .
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 ...
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 ...
Oil drilling operations in Los Angeles, 1905. Zoning in Los Angeles is commonly believed to have been first enacted in 1908, although Los Angeles City Council passed the first municipal zoning ordinance in the United States, Ordinance 9774, on July 25, 1904.
Weymouth zoning bylaws outline the five criteria a project must meet to earn a special permit: The site has to be an appropriate location; the use will not be detrimental to the character of the ...
Neighbors of a restored historic house in Fall River spurred the Zoning Board of Appeals to reject the owner's plan to rebuild its dilapidated barn.
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.
Cities and towns have the power to require permits, block recreational stores from locating in certain areas (through zoning bylaws) or from locating in the municipality at all. However, the law mandates that a ban must be approved by a local referendum if the majority of voters in the municipality were in favor of the statewide Question 4 ...