Boston Laws

Cityhealth: Inclusionary Zoning Laws

Question:

City has a mandatory inclusionary zoning law

Answer:
Yes
This answer is derived from 1 section of law
Citation:
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    I, Martin J. Walsh, Mayor of Boston, order that any residential development project, undertaken or financed by the City of Boston ("City"), or to be developed on property owned by the City, or that requires relief from any provision of the Boston Zoning Code (the "Code"), or that proposes to include ten or more units of housing ("Proposed Project"), shall require, as a condition of approval, that for rental projects, no less than 13%  of the total units be income restricted as affordable to households earning less than 70% of the metropolitan-area median income ("AMI"),  and that for home-ownership projects, no less than 13% of the total units be income restricted as affordable, of which no less than 50% of these total units be made affordable to households earning not more than 80% of AMI and, that no more than 50% of these total units be made affordable to households earning more than 80% of AMI and not more than 100% of AMI, that is in effect on the date the units are leased or sold. I request that the Boston Redevelopment Authority ("BRA") adopt this order as its Inclusionary Development Policy ("IDP") in connection with Proposed Projects reviewed and/or approved by it, and request that all Proposed Projects that file either a Letter of Intent ("LOI") with the BRA or, if they have not filed a LOI, have filed an application for Zoning Relief, or receive a commitment for City financing, or are designated as a developer of City or BRA land, after January 1, 2016 are subject to the provisions herein, in place of previous requirements. see full law