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Amherst affordable housing plan for Belchertown Road construction requires waiving municipal zoning rules
Updated Dec 22, 2020;
AMHERST – A plan to construct a three-story building with 35 to 40 affordable housing units on land the town hopes to purchase for $825,000 on Belchertown Road along Route 9 would require waiving municipal zoning rules, officials disclosed at Monday’s Town Council meeting.
Town officials said the site is zoned neighborhood residential.
Since the density of 40 apartments in one building exceeds density for this zone, and thus does not meet zoning rules for the proposed project, the option is to use Chapter 40B, of state law, that would permit the apartment building, the officials said.