{"AmendmentNumber":"393","ParentBillNumber":"H5562","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"MJS3","Name":"Michael J. Soter","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/MJS3","ResponseDate":"2026-07-06T15:39:18.727"},"Category":null,"Action":"Consolidated","RollCall":[],"Title":"Allowing Gross Density Limits for Municipalities in Substantial Compliance with Local Needs","Branch":"House","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Mr. Soter of Bellingham moves to amend the bill by adding the following new section: \r\nSECTION XXXX  .in Section 42, in the proposed subsection (a) of the proposed Section 3D of chapter 40A by inserting the following:\r\n“‘Substantial Compliance’, a city or town where low or moderate income housing, as defined in section 20 of chapter 40B, exists which is in excess of 8.5 per cent of the housing units reported in the latest federal decennial census of the city or town.”\r\nAnd further amends the bill in said proposed subsection (c) of the proposed Section 3D of chapter 40A, by adding at the end of paragraph (2) the following:\r\n“; provided, however, that in a city or town that has achieved substantial compliance, the municipality may, by ordinance or by-law, limit the gross density of housing developed under this section to not more than 10 units per acre.”\r\n\r\n"}