Zoning laws are notoriously arcane, but a new tool from the National Zoning Atlas is turning them into something like a Google map for land use laws. “We want people to understand what zoning ...

The city also plans to tweak its land use policies. “Instead of going through a complete rezoning process on a parcel-by-parcel basis, this would allow them to make an application for what we call an ...

Carrillo said adopting the future land use map would not downgrade the zoning of properties classified as mixed use in the North End. Instead, the map would serve as a tool for city staff to ...