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The 193rd General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Section 4: Rules and regulations of housing boards; standards for project plans; variations

[ Text of section effective until May 30, 2023. For text effective May 30, 2023, see below.]

  Section 4. The housing board may make, and from time to time amend, reasonable rules and regulations in regard to the procedure for securing the approval of projects under this chapter and for the financing, construction, management and maintenance of such projects. The housing board may, for the guidance of the proponents of a project, fix general standards to which the plans of such a project shall conform. Variations from such standards may be allowed for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter. Such standards may contain provisions more restrictive than those imposed by applicable planning, zoning, health and building laws, ordinances, by-laws and regulations.

Chapter 121A: Section 4. Rules and regulations of housing boards; standards for project plans; variations

[ Text of section as amended by 2023, 7, Sec. 249 effective May 30, 2023. See 2023, 7, Sec. 298. For text effective until May 30, 2023, see above.]

  Section 4. The housing board in consultation with the secretary of economic development, may make, and from time to time amend, reasonable rules and regulations in regard to the procedure for securing the approval of projects under this chapter and for the financing, construction, management and maintenance of such projects. The housing board may, for the guidance of the proponents of a project, fix general standards to which the plans of such a project shall conform. Variations from such standards may be allowed for the accomplishment of the purposes of this chapter. Such standards may contain provisions more restrictive than those imposed by applicable planning, zoning, health and building laws, ordinances, by-laws and regulations.