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Malden to remove development cap, amend MBTA overlay map to win state approval
Summary
The Planning Board recommended the City Council adopt changes to the MBTA Communities multifamily overlay to delete a local development cap and update the overlay map, a move staff said will bring Malden into full compliance with the state's conditional approval.
The Malden Planning Board on May 14 recommended that the City Council adopt zoning amendments to the MBTA Communities multifamily overlay that delete a development cap and revise district boundaries so the city can achieve full compliance with the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities.
Councilor Steve Winslow, sponsor of city council paper CCP 171 of 2025, said the amendments respond to the state’s conditional compliance letter and are intended to align the city’s ordinance with the state’s interpretation of the MBTA Communities Act. “They gave conditional compliance,…
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