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Massachusetts Chapter 40R — Smart Growth Zoning Overlay District (Opt-In) (MA)

Tracked preemption from the Massachusetts overlay bundle.

Overview

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Effective
2004-06-30
Sunset
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Authority
state
Scope
state:MA
Other Massachusetts preemptions
Massachusetts MBTA Communities Act — Multi-Family Zoning Requirement (MGL c. 40A §3A)Massachusetts Chapter 40A — Zoning Enabling Act (Framework)Massachusetts Chapter 40B — Comprehensive Permit / Low and Moderate Income Housing Act

Trigger predicate

When this evaluates true for a parcel, the law's preempted fields take precedence over base zoning.

never true

Preempted fields

0 fields on the base district schema are rewritten when the trigger fires.

Citation

Authority source
MGL c. 40R + 760 CMR 59.00 (prior) / 760 CMR 59
§ MGL c. 40R
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleVII/Chapter40r

Research notes

Voluntary opt-in program — municipalities may adopt Smart Growth Zoning Overlay Districts in exchange for state Zoning Incentive Payments and Density Bonus Payments. Not a preemption; included here for catalog completeness only. Excluded from automatic applicability because it is optional local action. When a city adopts a 40R district, the district itself is recorded as a city-scope overlay rather than as an applicability of this state record.