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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 ...
The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 was created in response to the 1973 National Commission on Fire Prevention and Control report, America Burning. [1] The report's authors estimated fires caused 12,000 deaths, 300,000 serious injuries and $11.4 billion in property damage annually in the United States, asserting that "the richest and most technologically advanced nation in the ...
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 ...
Whoever is president has very weak incentives to get zoning reform right.
The Institute for Justice has launched a project to reform land use regulation.
The proposed changes would reduce the share of the county’s acreage with a residential designation to 5.8%, from the current 9.9%. At the same time, the share of acreage designated rural would ...
Unlike California, where the state legislature has taken a more leading role in local zoning reform, the focus in Massachusetts is on local government control of zoning policy changes; both approaches have their advantages and disadvantages. [65] In February 2024, residents in the Town of Milton, a Boston suburb, voted to not comply with the law.
After six hours of debate dominated by opponents, Milton town meeting voted on zoning changes required by the MBTA Communities Act.