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Council approves zoning change to allow housing in Bulfinch Triangle
Summary
The City Council voted 10–2, with one absence, to pass a text amendment reclassifying residential uses from conditional to allowed in the Bulfinch Triangle zoning district, a move supporters say will speed housing production while critics warned it could reduce neighborhood review rights.
The Boston City Council on Jan. 29 approved a zoning text amendment to make residential uses allowed (rather than conditional) in the Bulfinch Triangle, a central downtown district, in a 10–2 vote with one absence.
Councilor Lydia Durkin, chair of the Planning, Development, and Transportation Committee and the lead sponsor, told the council the change “simplifies the process” for housing developers in a district with strong transit access and said the amendment was supported by the West End Civic Association, the West End Museum and the Downtown North Business Association.
The amendment amends Article 46, Section 9 of the Boston Zoning Code to reclassify certain uses in the Bulfinch Triangle District. Durkin said at committee hearings that the change responds to recent projects where lab uses…
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