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Bill would require towns to "show their work" when zoning imposes 'extraordinary restrictions' on housing, committee hears
Summary
Representative Reed told the House Committee on Housing HB 410 would require municipalities to provide empirical, health-and-safety justification when a zoning ordinance goes beyond ordinary regulation and becomes an "extraordinary restriction" on residential property.
Representative Reed introduced HB 410 as a broad, principle-based approach to zoning that would require municipalities to justify any ordinance that amounts to an "extraordinary restriction" on residential property by showing it is grounded in the best current scientific understanding tied to health and safety. "If an ordinance is an extraordinary restriction then they need to prove that it's based on the best scientific understanding…show your work," Reed said.
The bill includes multiple examples of what could be extraordinary restrictions: minimum house size standards beyond a small baseline, lot-size minimums above five acres per…
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