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Town of Arlington, Massachusetts


Article 3
Warrant Article Title:
ZONING BYLAW AMENDMENT / AMENDMENT OF ZONING MAP ADOPTING THE MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING OVERLAY DISTRICTS AND AMENDMENT OF ZONING BYLAW
Warrant Article Text:
To see if the Town will vote to amend its Zoning Map to adopt Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts and to amend Section 4.1.2 and Section 4.2 of the Zoning Bylaw to add the Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts, consistent with M.G.L. c.40, §3A, and consistent with the Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts zoning approved by the Town’s Fall Special Town Meeting on October 25, 2023; or take any action related thereto.
Requested by:
(Inserted at the request of the Arlington Redevelopment Board)
Report Excerpt:

This map and parcel list are identical to those presented to Town Meeting on October 25, 2023, when Town Meeting voted to amend the Zoning Bylaw to adopt zoning consistent with M.G.L c.40A §3A. The Office of the Attorney General requires that Town Meeting vote to change the Zoning Map, due to a technical problem with the vote at Fall 2023 Special Town Meeting adopting the overlay districts. The Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) has reviewed the text of the Zoning Bylaw Amendment in Article 12, passed at the Fall 2023 Special Town Meeting, and has not identified any issues with the text as submitted. The only issue that the Town of Arlington is addressing is to procedurally vote separately on the amendment of the Town's zoning map to include the addition of the newly created Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts to the Zoning Bylaw.

 

The ARB voted Favorable Action (4-0).

Vote Language:

That the Town does and hereby amends its Zoning Map to adopt the Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts (the Massachusetts Avenue/Broadway Multi-Family Overlay District and the Neighborhood Multi-Family Overlay District) as set forth below and does and hereby amends Sections 4.1.2 and 4.2 of the Zoning Bylaw to add the Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts to the list of districts as set forth below. 


A copy of the map reflecting the Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts is attached hereto as Exhibit “A.”  A copy of the map reflecting the Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts as set upon the current Zoning Map of the Town of Arlington is attached hereto as Exhibit "B." A parcel listing reflecting all properties included in the Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts is attached hereto as Exhibit “C.” In accordance with this vote, the Zoning Map of the Town of Arlington, on file with the Town Clerk and the Department of Planning and Community Development, is hereby amended to include the Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts, and the Town’s Zoning Bylaw is amended so that the new Sections 4.1.2 and 4.2 read as follows:


4.1.2 Overlay Districts
(1) Floodplain District
(2) Inland Wetland District
(3) Multi-Family Housing Overlay Districts


4.2 ZONING MAP
Zoning districts are shown on a map entitled “Zoning Map of the Town of Arlington, MA” and dated November 16, 2020 May 14, 2021 (the Zoning Map) on file in the Office of the Town Clerk and the Department of Planning and Community Development. The district boundaries shown on the Zoning Map, including an overlay map entitled “Wetland and Floodplain Overlay” all Overlay Districts listed in Section 4.1.2 of this bylaw, are part of this bylaw. The Zoning Map may include geographical features, streets, notations, and such other information to keep the map current and to facilitate orientation.