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Planning Board adopts rewrite of Housing Redevelopment Overlay District to spur workforce units, sets design and infrastructure standards
Summary
The Planning Board adopted a rewritten Housing Redevelopment Overlay District that requires deed‑restricted workforce units, sets a 20‑unit‑per‑acre density cap in the urban core, a minimum 400 sq ft unit size, and other infrastructure and design requirements.
The Planning Board voted to adopt a rewrite of the Housing Redevelopment Overlay District (HROD) aimed at encouraging workforce housing in the city's urban core while maintaining neighborhood character.
Why it matters: The rewrite modernizes an underused overlay by providing clearer performance standards to enable redevelopment that creates workforce housing, while protecting infrastructure and neighborhood scale.
Key provisions adopted - Affordability requirement: Any HROD redevelopment must provide at least two deed‑restricted affordable/workforce units or 20% of total units, whichever is greater; deed restriction period is 25 years. -…
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