Bill > S876

This bill aims to promote open space residential development in Massachusetts. It amends the state's zoning laws to prohibit municipalities from banning or unreasonably regulating the use of land for open space residential development, which is defined as a residential development where buildings and accessory uses are clustered together, leaving intervening open land. The bill also updates the definition of "open space residential development" to clarify that the open land must be equal in area to the land used for the building lots and can be used to promote and protect solar access. The open land can be conveyed to the municipality, a non-profit conservation organization, or a homeowners' corporation or trust, with a restriction ensuring the land remains open and undeveloped.

Housing and Urban Affairs

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S876