Downtown zoning - community comments.
Published: 1987
Language: eng
Subjects: Building Heights -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Political participation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown.; Community and Economic Development -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Planning.; Downtown Interim Planning Overlay District (IPOD), Boston (Mass.); Environmental impact analysis -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Issues.; Growth Policy -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Issues.; Historic preservation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Issues.; Housing -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Issues.; Land use -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Issues.; Open spaces -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Issues.; Transportation -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Issues.; Zoning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Downtown -- Issues.
Description: ...documents the citizen participation process and is a compilation of public comments received upon the release of the 1985 publication DOWNTOWN GUIDELINES for land use planning issues facing Boston; these were discussed in the context of drafting the Downtown Interim Planning Overlay District (IPOD) proposed zoning amendment which will control growth policy and economic/community development for the next two years and direct future land use/open space policies; contains summaries of comments as well as full text of comments; includes dates of meetings and public hearings and summarizes key points; discusses the IPOD planning process and it's historic context; also reproduces relevant newspaper articles; issues addressed include building height standards, transportation, environmental impact, housing, historic preservation, neighborhood preservation, etc.; two slightly different versions are kept on this number; an 8p. summary is also kept on this number; copies of these items were in the BRA collection...