Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)

Citation: Town of Arlington, Fair Housing Action Plan (July 2021)
Jurisdiction: Arlington (municipal)
Source: Official source
Original Source: https://www.arlingtonma.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/57214/637641171662530000 ↗

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Boards and Commissions with Purview Over Housing and Development
Arlington has numerous commissions and boards that have purview over housing policy and development in town:

• The Arlington Redevelopment Board (ARB) is the town’s statutory Planning Board and its Urban Renewal
Authority, and serves as the Special Permit Granting Authority in most development matters, including the
Environmental Design Review process described above.
• The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) is the town’s Special Permit Granting Authority in all matters that do
not trigger Environmental Design Review, including relatively small-scale development, variances, and
Chapter 40B Comprehensive Permits.
• The Arlington Conservation Commission reviews development proposals for their impact on wetlands,
waterways, water bodies, and floodplains. Under M.G.L. Chapter 131 Section 40 and 310 C.M.R.
10.00, the Conservation Commission has jurisdiction over protected wetlands and adjacent land within a
100-foot buffer. These state protections are supplemented by Arlington’s local Wetland Protection Bylaw
and Regulations, which enable the Commission to require a net decrease in impervious surfaces on a
development site, require that a development improve climate change resilience, and prohibit most
development within 50 feet of wetlands. The Commission also administers Arlington’s local Conservation
Land Regulations.
• Arlington has two historic preservation bodies that regulate and exercise powers under M.G.L. Chapter
40C.

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