HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2516        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2039

 

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

1/19/2023

Lindsay N. Sabadosa

1st Hampshire

1/20/2023

David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf

17th Worcester

1/30/2023

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

2/19/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2516        FILED ON: 1/19/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 2039

By Representative Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2039) of Mike Connolly and others relative to local approval of inclusionary zoning.  Municipalities and Regional Government.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 4046 OF 2021-2022.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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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 is amended by inserting in paragraph 5 the following after “in accordance with section 3 of chapter 40R.”:-

(5) an inclusionary zoning ordinance or bylaw. 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.