The guidelines must recommend eighteen kinds of zoning change
What the document says“(i) the reduction or elimination of parking minimums; (ii) the increase in maximum floor area ratio requirements and maximum building heights and the reduction in minimum lot sizes and set-back requirements; (iii) the elimination of restrictions against accessory dwelling units;”
The guidelines must set out possible models for updated State enabling legislation or agency procedures and must include recommendations on eighteen subjects, among them parking minimums, building height and lot size limits, accessory dwelling units, by-right duplex through quadplex building, review of by-right proposals, obstacles to manufactured and modular housing, transit-oriented development, public engagement, protest petition statutes, impact fees, building codes, community benefit agreements, and mechanisms to preserve affordability and prevent displacement.
What the document actually says“(i) the reduction or elimination of parking minimums; (ii) the increase in maximum floor area ratio requirements and maximum building heights and the reduction in minimum lot sizes and set-back requirements; (iii) the elimination of restrictions against accessory dwelling units;”
One idea is to cut or drop rules on how many parking spaces a building must have. Another is to allow taller buildings and smaller lots. A third is to allow small extra homes on a lot.
A recommendation is not an order. Each item names a rule that can slow building down. The guide is meant to say what a town could do instead.
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