By requiring municipalities to
permit multifamily development in zoning districts suitable for such development, and by establishing a minimum density for those developments, housing production is increased and allows for more affordable units to be built.
Current state law allows municipalities to adopt a zoning law permitting multifamily housing construction in nonresidential zoning districts with a special permit but does not require municipalities to
permit multifamily development by right.
Multifamily housing construction by requiring that cities and towns
permit multifamily development by right on at least 1.5 % of the community's developable land area that is suitable for multifamily residential.
Not exact matches
In recent years there has been increasing pressure to replace the single - family housing with higher density residential
development which is
permitted by the existing
multifamily zoning in this area.
His
development and related leasing experience includes single family and
multifamily developments, assisted living and senior independent living facilities, retail, mixed - use, retail food and wholesale warehouse distribution, cinemas, solar
development, and projects involving a wide range of environmental transactional and regulatory
permitting matters involving the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Despite downturns elsewhere, Davidson County continues to receive and approve building
permits for commercial real estate developers to begin
multifamily development projects, office building renovations, and more.