HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1124        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3883

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Mike Connolly

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act facilitating local approval of inclusionary zoning.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/15/2019

Peter Capano

11th Essex

1/31/2019

Patricia D. Jehlen

Second Middlesex

6/6/2019

Jay D. Livingstone

8th Suffolk

6/7/2019

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

6/7/2019

Christine P. Barber

34th Middlesex

6/10/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

6/10/2019

Christopher Hendricks

11th Bristol

6/10/2019

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

6/10/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

6/10/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

6/10/2019

Nika C. Elugardo

15th Suffolk

6/10/2019

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

6/10/2019

Chynah Tyler

7th Suffolk

6/10/2019

Jack Patrick Lewis

7th Middlesex

6/10/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1124        FILED ON: 1/15/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3883

By Mr. Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 3883) of Mike Connolly and others relative to local zoning ordinances or by-laws.  Municipalities and Regional Government.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act facilitating local approval of inclusionary zoning.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

Section 5 of chapter 40A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the word “members”, in line 90, the following words:- ; provided however, that any adoption of, or amendment to, a zoning ordinance or by-law to allow for inclusionary zoning may be passed by majority vote. As used in this paragraph the term “inclusionary zoning” shall mean a residential subdivision or a multi-unit residential project of a size to be determined by the municipality; and provided further, that a certain percentage of such subdivision or project’s dwelling units or net floor area, as determined by the municipality, shall be reserved for the construction of dwelling units permanently affordable for occupancy to persons whose household income does not exceed a municipally determined per cent of such municipality’s area median income as such income is determined by the federal department of Housing and Urban Development.