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Malden council refers MBTA Communities zoning amendments after planner explains state comments
Summary
City planner and mayoral staff described state-required edits to Malden's MBTA Communities zoning, including removing a numerical development cap and changing an effective-date provision; council voted unanimously to refer the ordinance to a joint ordinance and planning board hearing.
The Malden City Council on April 15 voted unanimously to refer proposed amendments to the city’s MBTA Communities zoning (Paper 171-25) to a joint ordinance and planning board public hearing after city planning staff explained state review comments and recommended edits.
City Planner Michelle Romero told the council the city submitted its district compliance application by the December 31, 2023 deadline and later received a determination from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities that granted conditional compliance but required two specific changes. Romero said one required change was the removal of a numeric "development cap" from the medium-density multifamily overlay subdistrict (MCMOD–MD1);…
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