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See below and several other pages on this site have info specific to the Acton 2024 Town Meeting votes to rezone Acton.
NOTE: If there are errors in the Town Meeting info on ResponsibleZoning.org, please know the the authors did not intend to publish errors. The Town refused to provide numbers and we did our best to estimate based on work by local volunteer financial analysts/engineers.
We plan to keep the info below for historical purposes, because it may be useful to people.
See below and several other pages on this site have info specific to the Acton 2024 Town Meeting votes to rezone Acton.
NOTE: If there are errors in the Town Meeting info on ResponsibleZoning.org, please know the the authors did not intend to publish errors. The Town refused to provide numbers and we did our best to estimate based on work by local volunteer financial analysts/engineers.
We plan to keep the info below for historical purposes, because it may be useful to people.
Impacts by Zoning Article
Article 13 SAV Zoning VOTE NO! on South Acton Village Zoning
SAV zoning is NOT required by law. It's an option.
SAV Zoning, if passed will:
- destroy existing affordable housing on River Street and displace tenants
- increase carbon footprint
- destroy historic / cultural assets
- increase taxes
- increase traffic
- create water problems
The intention of this article is wonderful. It's intended to "incentivize" [code words for "allowing more condos"] developers to create quaint shops.
It could do that. But it could also not do that.
Based on our research, we believe it's far likely that it will have serious negative consquences. As a result, we urge you to VOTE NO! until these loopholes are fixed in this proposed zoning, to protect the town, tenants, and the environment.
