HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1124 FILED ON: 1/15/2019
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3883
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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.