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Lakeville board notes state 'safe harbor' status under housing production plan; members debate 40B implications
Summary
Town staff informed the Zoning Board that Lakeville has attained the state housing production safe-harbor (just over 10%), prompting an extended discussion among members about how safe-harbor status affects local control over comprehensive permits (40B), and the treatment of pending projects such as Simmons Hill and the hospital site.
Town staff told the Zoning Board of Appeals that the Town of Lakeville has received a Housing Production Plan certification from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities and that the town has attained the 10% "safe harbor" threshold for two years, based on the town's inventory as of Feb. 27 (the certification indicated the town was just over 11%).
A planning staff member said the certification means Lakeville is in a temporary safe harbor but cautioned that the status is fluid: census updates, newly permitted projects or projects that do not…
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