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Residents urge council to tighten R‑5 senior housing ordinance, warn it would allow large multifamily projects
Summary
At a public hearing, Brockton residents praised the idea of senior housing but said language in the proposed R‑5 senior residential community zone would let developers build large, non‑age‑restricted multifamily projects on the same parcels and worsen traffic in Wards 4 and 5.
A public hearing at the Brockton City Council on Aug. 25 drew multiple residents who said they support senior housing but oppose proposed ordinance language that they say would allow developers to build unrestricted multifamily units on the same parcels as senior housing. Council President Clark opened and closed the hearing and permitted seven people to speak and two written submissions to be read into the record.
Residents said the ordinance, which would reestablish the R‑5 senior residential community zone (section 27‑4 and section 27‑27.6 of the Brockton City ordinances), is written so that a project that begins as senior housing could later include large numbers of all‑age units. "A project that starts as senior housing could double in size, with all age units turning into hundreds of apartments that go beyond…
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