Draft Town Center & MBTA Communities compliant Zoning
A Special Town Meeting will be held on Monday, July 14, 2025 at 6:30 PM. The meeting will take place at the Hamilton-Wenham Regional High School auditorium, located at 775 Bay Road in Hamilton.
Only residents who are registered to vote in Hamilton are eligible to vote in the Special Town Meeting.
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, Updated June 26, 2025)
- Finalized July 14, 2025 Special Town Meeting Warrant & Appendices
- 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.
- NEW: Flow Diagram describing potential outcomes of votes on Article I and II
- NEW: Town Center Zoning & 3A FAQs
- NEW: MBTA Communities Fiscal Impact Report – Fougere Planning & Development
Supporting Information:
- NEW: Planning Board Chair Memo Re: Recommendation on Articles I and II
- 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
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
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)
