Needham, categorized as a commuter rail community because of its four stations on the Needham Line, was required to approve and submit a zoning map to the state by Dec. 31, 2024.
The town will vote on a referendum on Jan. 14 whether to accept a zoning plan that would make it easier to build 3,300 homes in town. Many business owners are advocating in favor of the plan.
Needham voters repealed a state-mandated MBTA Communities Act zoning plan Tuesday, but the town's not out of compliance just yet.
Needham became the latest Massachusetts suburb to shoot down a controversial state-mandated MBTA zoning plan, but its Select Board chairman says the town won’t follow in Milton’s footsteps.
Voters in Needham, Massachusetts, rejected a plan that would have added re-zoned areas for new multifamily housing and bring the town into compliance with the MBTA Communities Act. The special ...
Campbell's office had sued Milton after its residents voted down a zoning plan in February. On Tuesday, while Needham residents were voting, the Healey administration published emergency ...