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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities is announcing revisions to the Compliance Guidelines for Multi-Family Zoning Districts under Section 3A
of the Zoning Act (Guidelines). <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">We are pleased to announce that MBTA communities may now receive some credit for zoning districts that require a non-residential component on the ground floor
of buildings in a mixed-use development district. Several MBTA communities wish to locate new zoning districts in mixed-use, walkable neighborhoods, where residents of future housing can easily access resources, amenities, and transit stations as pedestrians.
Today’s revision to the Guidelines modifies the “reasonable size” section of the Guidelines and provides flexibility for communities that want to require a non-residential component in housing developments.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Please note that the Guidelines were also revised to include a list of discretionary grant programs that will take MBTA communities’ compliance into consideration.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Here is a link to the clean and redlined versions of the revised Guidelines and a one page summary of the changes posted on the MBTA Communities website:
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.mass.gov_info-2Ddetails_multi-2Dfamily-2Dzoning-2Drequirement-2Dfor-2Dmbta-2Dcommunities-23section-2D3a-2Dguidelines-2D&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=EaWBFhlgouCM-eqEWgXO8um7Dw-706JXLWQdmGem7AY&m=SfFwPD5sHfUrXWbVw9cFwCkNsVgkCXREGhd3Lo5TJGgmQQS9JaqigPI7ei2YaSQK&s=tFe9kaZY_oHmDH6JczRqRzxytno1pirI8ZUU5Yi8AIU&e=">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://www.mass.gov/info-details/multi-family-zoning-requirement-for-mbta-communities#section-3a-guidelines-</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Please stay tuned for additional resources further explaining and implementing these revisions, including an updated compliance model and an eligible location
determination application. The additional resources will be on the website, as well as distributed via email. If you have any questions about these changes, please contact program staff at
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__nathan.carlucci-40mass.gov&d=DwMFAg&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=EaWBFhlgouCM-eqEWgXO8um7Dw-706JXLWQdmGem7AY&m=SfFwPD5sHfUrXWbVw9cFwCkNsVgkCXREGhd3Lo5TJGgmQQS9JaqigPI7ei2YaSQK&s=jvgsiG2txNMmexB930ZZjOIqdu5_6RStYaoukIr0YP4&e=">
<span style="color:#0563C1">nathan.carlucci@mass.gov</span></a> and <u><span style="color:#0563C1"><a href="mailto:emma.snellings@mass.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">emma.snellings@mass.gov</span></a></span></u>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none">Emma Snellings (she/her)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none">Regional Planner</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none">Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities - EOHLC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F3864;mso-ligatures:none">emma.snellings@mass.gov</span><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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