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  2. Newton zoning changes would head off conversions of big homes ...

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    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 ...

  3. National Register of Historic Places listings in Newton ...

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    The following properties in Newton, Massachusetts are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. They are a subset of all properties in Middlesex County. There are over 180 places listed in Newton. This list is sortable by village. The 13 villages are: Auburndale; Chestnut Hill; Newton Centre; Newton Corner; Newton Highlands; Newton ...

  4. Newton, Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Newton is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States.It is roughly 8 miles (13 km) west of downtown Boston, and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages.. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast (via the neighborhoods of Brighton and West Roxbury), Brookline to the east, Watertown and Waltham to the north, and Weston, Wellesley, and Needham to the we

  5. Zoning in the United States - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] In the United States, zoning includes various land use laws enforced through the police power rights of state governments and local governments to exercise authority over privately owned real property. [3] Zoning laws in major cities originated with the Los Angeles zoning ordinances of 1904 [4] [5] and the New York City 1916 Zoning ...

  6. What will Mass. towns and cities face with new accessory ...

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    Official: Mass. property owners raising lots of questions as outreach starts on new zoning law for accessory dwelling units.

  7. Dover Amendment - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Washington Park Historic District (Newton, Massachusetts)

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    South of the highway and east of Walnut is a residential area that was laid out in 1865 and developed between 1870 and 1900. It was developed by Dustin Lancey, a Newtonville real estate developer, and was organized in a similar manner to other Newton subdivisions of the period that featured a "pocket park".

  9. Category : Buildings and structures in Newton, Massachusetts

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