Draft Town Center & MBTA Communities compliant Zoning
Draft Town Center and MBTA Communities compliant Zoning Code
This site includes the latest Draft Zoning Codes. For additional information on this project and planning effort, including interactive GIS mapping tools, please visit the Project Page here.
Special Town Meeting Warrant and Appendices (June 20, 2025)
- Special Town Meeting Warrant (PDF)
- Draft Explanation of Article Arrangement (PDF) and Microsoft Word version
- Appendix A, Article I zoning language (PDF)
- Article I requires a 50% quantum of votes to pass and is limited to the creation of zoning and associated dimensional requirements permitting multi-family housing as a permitted use in designated districts consistent with the MBTA Communities/Section 3A requirements.
- Appendix B, Article II zoning language (PDF)
- Article II requires a 2/3 quantum of votes to pass and includes all other provisions of the proposed Town Center zoning, including the incorporation of new zoning districts which do not permit multi-family housing as of right, provisions related to all other proposed land uses in the Town Center, and associated dimensional and regulatory language. State law requires that zoning articles be separated if they require different thresholds of votes to pass.
- Memo describing changes made since June 17 Planning Board meeting
Draft Warrant Language (June 16, 2025):
- Draft STM Warrant (PDF)
- Appendix A, Article I zoning language (PDF)
- Appendix B, Article II zoning language (PDF)
- Draft STM Warrant (Word document)
- Appendix A, Article I zoning language (Word document)
- Appendix B, Article II zoning language (Word document)
Revised Draft #5 (June 11, 2025):
- Amendments to Existing Zoning By-law Draft 5 (PDF)
- Amendments to Existing Zoning By-law Draft 5 (Word document)
- Memo outlining changes since Draft #4
- Town Center Zoning Code Draft 5 (PDF)
- Town Center Zoning Code Draft 5 (Word)
- Multi-family Overlay District Draft 5 (PDF)
- Multi-family Overlay District Draft 5 (Word)
Supporting Information:
- Town of Duxbury, et al. v. Commonwealth Decision
- EOHLC Hamilton Pre-Adoption Review Letter (May 29, 2025)
- Rep. Kassner May 19 letter Re: MBTA Communities 40A Section 3A – Funding
- Attorney Stein’s Comments – Draft Zoning Code (May 19, 2025)
Proposed Zoning Maps and Tables of Parcels impacted by proposed zoning:
- Proposed Zoning Districts/Overlay Districts Map
- Proposed Zoning Districts/Overlay Districts Map (PDF)
- Table of parcels proposed for re-zoning or zoning overlay (PDF)
- Table of parcel proposed for re-zoning or zoning overlay (Searchable Excel file)
Presentations:
- May 20, 2025 Planning Board Public Hearing Slide Presentation (PDF)
- May 20, 2025 Planning Board Public Hearing Slide Presentation (Powerpoint)
- May 20, 2025 Planning Board Video Link
- April 29, 2025 Joint Select Board/Planning Board Slide Presentation
- April 29, 2025 Joint Select Board/Planning Board Video Link
- April 8, 2025 Planning Board Meeting Slides
- April 1, 2025 Planning Board Meeting Slides
PREVIOUS DRAFTS:
Revised Draft # 4 (May 29, 2025):
- Amendments to Existing Zoning By-law Draft 4 (PDF)
- Amendments to Existing Zoning By-law Draft 4 (Word document)
- Utile Associates explanatory note re: amendments to Section 5.0 Nonconforming Uses and Structures
- Town Center Zoning Code Draft 4 (PDF)
- Town Center Zoning Code Draft 4 (Word)
- Multi-family Overlay District Draft 4 (PDF)
- Multi-family Overlay District Draft 4 (Word)
Revised Draft #3 (May 8, 2025):
- Amendments to Existing Zoning Bylaw Draft 3 (PDF)
- Amendments to Existing Zoning Bylaw Draft 3 (Word)
- Town Center Zoning Code Draft 3 (PDF)
- Town Center Zoning Code Draft 3 (Word)
- Town Center Zoning Code Draft 3 with mark-ups shown (Word)
- Multi-family Overlay District Draft 3 (PDF)
- Multi-family Overlay District Draft 3 (Word)
- Multi-family Overlay District Draft 3 with mark-ups shown (Word)
Previous Draft Zoning (April 24, 2025)
- Memo documenting summary of changes from previous draft (PDF)
- Amendments to existing Zoning Bylaw (PDF version)
- Amendments to existing Zoning Bylaw (Microsoft Word version)
- Amendments to existing Zoning Bylaw with mark-ups shown (Word version)
- Town Center Zoning Code Draft 2 (PDF version)
- Town Center Zoning Code Draft 2 (Microsoft Word version)
- Town Center Zoning Code Draft 2 with mark-ups shown (Word version)
- Multi-family Overlay District Draft 2 (PDF version)
- Multi-family Overlay District Draft 2 (Microsoft Word version)
- Multi-family Overlay District Draft 2 with mark-ups shown (Word version)
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