Budget Amendment ID: FY2026-S3-147

ECO 147

Allowing MBTA Communities to Seek Relief

Mr. O'Connor and Mrs. Dooner moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section ___ the following section:-

“SECTION XX. Section 3A of chapter 40A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:-

(d) The Department of Housing and Community Development shall develop and promulgate an appeals process to allow a municipality affected by the zoning provisions of this section to seek relief from such provisions based on one or more of the following:

1. The inability to meet the drinking water supply requirements necessary to support the housing units authorized by such provisions

2. The inability to meet the wastewater treatment requirements necessary to support such units

3. The inability of municipal transportation infrastructure to safely accommodate increased population attributable to housing development pursuant to such provisions

4. Any adverse environmental impacts attributable to the developments of housing units pursuant to such provisions.

5. Any adverse impacts on historical properties.”