Multi-Family Zoning Requirements for MBTA Communities

[Wonk]

Are we for or against triple deckers?

 

[Longfellow]

Triple deckers are great, but some neighborhoods are already filled with them and are ready for the next step. No argument against other cities building them though, triplexes are great.

 

[stick n move]

It astounds me how respecting property rights has become a hot take. (Legit) externalities that escape property lines are one thing, but how are some neighbors able to decide, on land they don’t own, that a code complaint, three decker is ‘too tall’ for the downtown of an inside-128 ‘burb? So many liberal outcomes would be achieved, at zero cost, by simply getting out of our own way.

Ad nauseam, I hear the MBTA Communities Act described as “Big Government Overreach” imposed by the state upon our tiny, freedom loving town.

Marginally reducing collective control over private property is what again???

I thought the exact same thing looking at the globe comments about the mbta communities act where people were saying “this is communism!” and it blew my f’n mind. Relaxing zoning which was implemented top down by the government which tells people what they can and cant build on their own land and in its place allowing entrepreneurs and corporations to build what the free market will allow according to supply and demand is communism now? LOL! We do live in a post truth world now, but god damn.

 

[themissinglink]

Framingham wins 'conditional approval' for MBTA Communities Act plan. What it means

Sisitsky submitted his plan to comply with the law late last month after city councilors voted to table discussing the issue until February.

www.metrowestdailynews.com

 

[themissinglink]

Milton struggles to chart a path forward after MBTA Communities ruling

Noncompliant communities are grappling with next steps after the Supreme Judicial Court upheld the MBTA Communities Act and the state housing office issued new deadlines for previously uncooperative communities.

commonwealthbeacon.org

 

[Longfellow]

It is kind of funny to watch Milton shoot itself in the foot over and over and over because they're afraid of buildings. Buildings that in all likelihood will never get built.

 

[stick n move]

Or if they do.. buildings that will make milton a better place for ppl to live.

 

[HenryAlan]

It's both funny and sad. Yes, there is that feeling of schadenfreude, but ultimately, we are looking at extreme NIMBYism in action, and extreme NIMBYism is to large extent responsible for our housing crisis.

 

[themissinglink]

After Milton ruling, Tewksbury Select Board majority urges continued noncompliance with MBTA Communities law

TEWKSBURY — Despite a recent Supreme Judicial Court ruling being mostly in favor of the MBTA Communities law, members of the Select Board expressed an urge to continue the path of noncompliance.

www.lowellsun.com

In other words: dumb NIMBYs love doing dumb NIMBY stuff.

 

[Riverside]

The Mattapan Line is now (officially) considered rapid transit for the purposes of the MBTA-related zoning requirements.

Milton must come up with MBTA zoning

With both sides claiming a measure of victory in the state’s highest court decision on the MBTA Communities law, the nitty gritty of what Milton and other communities will be

www.miltontimes.com

 

[Scott]

Yet, it is not

 

[HenryAlan]

Yet, it is not

Kind of beside the point, though. For the purposes of this law, it is defined as rapid transit.

 

[Blackbird]

The Mattapan Line is now (officially) considered rapid transit for the purposes of the MBTA-related zoning requirements.

Milton must come up with MBTA zoning

With both sides claiming a measure of victory in the state’s highest court decision on the MBTA Communities law, the nitty gritty of what Milton and other communities will be

www.miltontimes.com

Loved the wording shared by the earlier-posted article:

“Now, the emergency regulations define subway stations as “any of the stops along the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Red Line, Green Line, Orange Line, or Blue Line, including but not limited to the Mattapan High Speed Line and any extensions to such lines.”

Literally a big middle finger at Milton.

 

[themissinglink]

If Milton has such a problem with the Mattapan Line being designated as "rapid transit", how about they start supporting a Red Line extension from Ashmont to Mattapan?

 

[Riverside]

If Milton has such a problem with the Mattapan Line being designated as "rapid transit", how about they start supporting a Red Line extension from Ashmont to Mattapan?

Ahem.