Communities across eastern Massachusetts are under pressure to ... communities — had until the end of 2024 to pass compliant zoning rules. And in January, the Supreme Judicial Court ruled ...
The Select Board has argued that zoning at least 50 acres near downtown for multi-family housing, with 15 units per acre and a capacity of 750 units, could lead to a 13% population increase.
Most of the communities were supposed to submit revised zoning rules by the end of last year. Image A commuter train approaches the station in Needham, Mass. The MBTA Communities Act required ...