% of district

2020 Minimum to be located

Community Minimum Developable

Housing multi-family in station

Community category land area** station area***

Units unit capacity* area

Abington Commuter Rail 6,811 1,022 50 307 40%

Acton Commuter Rail 9,219 1,383 50 246 20%

Amesbury Adjacent 7,889 789 50 - 0%

Community

Andover Commuter Rail 13,541 2,031 50 587 50%

Arlington Adjacent 20,461 2,046 32 58 0%

Community

Ashburnham Adjacent Small 2,730 137 -— — 0%

Town

Ashby Adjacent Small 1,243 62 — — 0%

Town

Ashland Commuter Rail 7,495 1,124 50 272 40%

Attleboro Commuter Rail 19,097 2,865 50 467 50%

Auburn Adjacent 6,999 750 50 — 0%

Community

Ayer Commuter Rail 3,807 750 50 284 40%

Bedford Adjacent 5,444 750 50 — 0%

Community

Bellingham Adjacent 6,749 750 50 — 0%

Community

Belmont Commuter Rail 10,882 1,632 27 502 50%

Berkley Adjacent Small 2,360 118 — 80 0%

Town

Beverly Commuter Rail 17,887 2,683 50 1,095 90%

Billerica Commuter Rail 15,485 2,323 50 308 40%

Bourne Adjacent Small 11,140 557 — — 0%

Town

Boxborough Adjacent Small 2,362 118 — — 0%

Town

Boxford Adjacent Small 2,818 141 — — 0%

Town

Braintree Rapid Transit 15,077 3,769 50 485 50%

Bridgewater Commuter Rail 9,342 1,401 50 181 20%

Brockton Commuter Rail 37,304 5,596 50 995 90%

% of district

2020 Minimum to be located

Community Minimum Developable

Housing multi-family in station

Community category land area** station area***

Units unit capacity* area

Brookline Rapid Transit 27,961 6,990 41 1,349 90%

Burlington Adjacent 10,431 1,043 50 — 0%

Community

Cambridge Rapid Transit 53,907 13,477 32 1,392 90%

Canton Commuter Rail 9,930 1,490 50 451 50%

Carlisle Adjacent Small 1,897 95 — — 0%

Town

Carver Adjacent Small 4,701 235 — — 0%

Town

Chelmsford Adjacent 14,769 1,477 50 — 0%

Community

Chelsea Rapid Transit 14,554 3,639 14 608 75%

Cohasset Commuter Rail 3,341 638 43 241 20%

Concord Commuter Rail 7,295 1,094 50 519 50%

Danvers Adjacent 11,763 1,176 50 — 0%

Community

Dedham Commuter Rail 10,459 1,569 49 507 50%

Dover Adjacent Small 2,046 102 — — 0%

Town

Dracut Adjacent 12,325 1,233 50 — 0%

Community

Duxbury Adjacent 6,274 750 50 — 0%

Community

East Bridgewater Adjacent 5,211 750 50 — 0%

Community

Easton Adjacent 9,132 913 50 — 0%

Community

Essex Adjacent Small 1,662 83 — — 0%

Town

Everett Rapid Transit 18,208 4,552 22 200 20%

Fall River Commuter Rail 44,346 6,652 50 324 40%

Fitchburg Commuter Rail 17,452 2,618 50 601 75%

Foxborough Commuter Rail 7,682 1,152 50 352 40%

Framingham Commuter Rail 29,033 4,355 50 270 40%

Franklin Commuter Rail 12,551 1,883 50 643 75%

Freetown Commuter Rail 3,485 750 50 186 20%

Georgetown Adjacent 3,159 750 50 — 0%

Community

Gloucester Commuter Rail 15,133 2,270 50 430 50%

Grafton Adjacent 7,760 776 50 82 0%

Community

Groton Adjacent Small 4,153 208 — — 0%

Town

% of district

2020 Minimum to be located

Community Minimum Developable

Housing multi-family in station

Community category land area** station area***

Units unit capacity* area

Groveland Adjacent Small 2,596 130 — — 0%

Town

Halifax Commuter Rail 3,107 750 50 300 40%

Hamilton Commuter Rail 2,925 731 49 184 20%

Hanover Adjacent 5,268 750 50 — 0%

Community

Hanson Commuter Rail 3,960 750 50 218 20%

Harvard Adjacent Small 2,251 113 — — 0%

Town

Haverhill Commuter Rail 27,927 4,189 50 415 50%

Hingham Commuter Rail 9,930 1,490 50 757 75%

Holbrook Commuter Rail 4,414 662 41 170 20%

Holden Adjacent 7,439 750 50 — 0%

Community

Holliston Adjacent 5,562 750 50 — 0%

Community

Hopkinton Adjacent 6,645 750 50 79 0%

Community

Hull Adjacent 5,856 586 7 34 0%

Community

Ipswich Commuter Rail 6,476 971 50 327 40%

Kingston Commuter Rail 5,364 805 50 345 40%

Lakeville Adjacent Small 4,624 231 — 30 0%

Town

Lancaster Adjacent Small 2,788 139 — — 0%

Town

Lawrence Commuter Rail 30,008 4,501 39 271 40%

Leicester Adjacent Small 4,371 219 — — 0%

Town

Leominster Commuter Rail 18,732 2,810 50 340 40%

Lexington Adjacent 12,310 1,231 50 — 0%

Community

Lincoln Commuter Rail 2,771 635 42 102 20%

Littleton Commuter Rail 3,889 750 50 244 20%

Lowell Commuter Rail 43,482 6,522 50 274 40%

Lunenburg Adjacent Small 4,805 240 — — 0%

Town

Lynn Commuter Rail 36,782 5,517 50 346 40%

Lynnfield Adjacent 4,773 607 40 — 0%

Community

Malden Rapid Transit 27,721 6,930 31 484 50%

Manchester Commuter Rail 2,433 559 37 305 40%

% of district

2020 Minimum to be located

Community Minimum Developable

Housing multi-family in station

Community category land area** station area***

Units unit capacity* area

Mansfield Commuter Rail 9,282 1,392 50 327 40%

Marblehead Adjacent 8,965 897 27 — 0%

Community

Marlborough Adjacent 17,547 1,755 50 — 0%

Community

Marshfield Adjacent 11,575 1,158 50 — 0%

Community

Maynard Adjacent 4,741 474 21 — 0%

Community

Medfield Adjacent 4,450 750 50 — 0%

Community

Medford Rapid Transit 25,770 6,443 35 714 75%

Medway Adjacent 4,826 750 50 — 0%

Community

Melrose Commuter Rail 12,614 1,892 25 774 75%

Merrimac Adjacent Small 2,761 138 — — 0%

Town

Methuen Adjacent 20,194 2,019 50 — 0%

Community

Middleborough Commuter Rail 9,808 1,471 50 260 40%

Middleton Adjacent 3,359 750 50 — 0%

Community

Millbury Adjacent 5,987 750 50 — 0%

Community

Millis Adjacent 3,412 750 50 — 0%

Community

Milton Rapid Transit 9,844 2,461 50 404 50%

Nahant Adjacent Small 1,680 84 — — 0%

Town

Natick Commuter Rail 15,680 2,352 50 680 75%

Needham Commuter Rail 11,891 1,784 50 1,223 90%

New Bedford Commuter Rail 44,588 6,688 50 744 75%

Newbury Adjacent Small 3,072 154 — 69 0%

Town

Newburyport Commuter Rail 8,615 1,292 35 213 20%

Newton Rapid Transit 33,320 8,330 50 2,833 90%

Norfolk Commuter Rail 3,601 750 50 333 40%

North Andover Adjacent 11,914 1,191 50 5 0%

Community

North Adjacent 12,551 1,255 50 — 0% Attleborough Community North Reading Adjacent 5,875 750 50 — 0%

Community

Northborough Adjacent 5,897 750 50 — 0%

Community

% of district

2020 Minimum to be located

Community Minimum Developable

Housing multi-family in station

Community category land area** station area***

Units unit capacity* area

Northbridge Adjacent 6,691 750 50 — 0%

Community

Norton Adjacent 6,971 750 50 — 0%

Community

Norwell Adjacent 3,805 750 50 — 0%

Community

Norwood Commuter Rail 13,634 2,045 50 861 90%

Paxton Adjacent Small 1,689 84 — — 0%

Town

Peabody Adjacent 23,191 2,319 50 — 0%

Community

Pembroke Adjacent 7,007 750 50 — 0%

Community

Plymouth Adjacent 28,074 2,807 50 — 0%

Community

Plympton Adjacent Small 1,068 53 — — 0%

Town

Princeton Adjacent Small 1,383 69 — — 0%

Town

Quincy Rapid Transit 47,009 11,752 50 1,222 90%

Randolph Commuter Rail 12,901 1,935 48 182 20%

Raynham Adjacent 5,749 750 50 — 0%

Community

Reading Commuter Rail 9,952 1,493 43 317 40%

Rehoboth Adjacent Small 4,611 231 — — 0%

Town

Revere Rapid Transit 24,539 6,135 27 457 50%

Rochester Adjacent Small 2,105 105 — — 0%

Town

Rockland Adjacent 7,263 726 47 — 0%

Community

Rockport Commuter Rail 4,380 657 32 252 40%

Rowley Commuter Rail 2,405 601 40 149 20%

Salem Commuter Rail 20,349 3,052 41 266 40%

Salisbury Adjacent 5,305 750 50 — 0%

Community

Saugus Adjacent 11,303 1,130 50 — 0%

Community

Scituate Commuter Rail 8,260 1,239 50 373 40%

Seekonk Adjacent 6,057 750 50 — 0%

Community

Sharon Commuter Rail 6,581 987 50 261 40%

Sherborn Adjacent Small 1,562 78 — — 0%

Town

Shirley Commuter Rail 2,599 650 43 338 40%

% of district

2020 Minimum to be located

Community Minimum Developable

Housing multi-family in station

Community category land area** station area***

Units unit capacity* area

Shrewsbury Adjacent 14,966 1,497 50 52 0%

Community

Somerville Rapid Transit 36,269 9,067 24 1,314 90%

Southborough Commuter Rail 3,763 750 50 167 20%

Sterling Adjacent Small 3,117 156 — — 0%

Town

Stoneham Adjacent 10,159 1,016 27 12 0%

Community

Stoughton Commuter Rail 11,739 1,761 50 317 40%

Stow Adjacent Small 2,770 139 — — 0%

Town

Sudbury Adjacent 6,556 750 50 — 0%

Community

Sutton Adjacent Small 3,612 181 — — 0%

Town

Swampscott Commuter Rail 6,362 954 20 236 20%

Taunton Commuter Rail 24,965 3,745 50 269 40%

Tewksbury Adjacent 12,139 1,214 50 — 0%

Community

Topsfield Adjacent Small 2,358 118 — — 0%

Town

Townsend Adjacent Small 3,566 178 — — 0%

Town

Tyngsborough Adjacent 4,669 750 50 — 0%

Community

Upton Adjacent Small 2,995 150 — — 0%

Town

Wakefield Commuter Rail 11,305 1,696 36 630 75%

Walpole Commuter Rail 10,042 1,506 50 395 40%

Waltham Commuter Rail 26,545 3,982 50 470 50%

Wareham Adjacent 12,967 1,297 50 — 0%

Community

Watertown Adjacent 17,010 1,701 24 27 0%

Community

Wayland Adjacent 5,296 750 50 — 0%

Community

Wellesley Commuter Rail 9,282 1,392 50 921 90%

Wenham Commuter Rail 1,460 365 24 111 20%

West Boylston Adjacent 3,052 587 39 — 0%

Community

West Bridgewater Adjacent Small 2,898 145 — — 0%

Town

West Newbury Adjacent Small 1,740 87 — — 0%

Town

Westborough Commuter Rail 8,334 1,250 50 194 20%

% of district

2020 Minimum to be located

Community Minimum Developable

Housing multi-family in station

Community category land area** station area***

Units unit capacity* area

Westford Adjacent 9,237 924 50 — 0%

Community

Westminster Adjacent Small 3,301 165 — 30 0%

Town

Weston Commuter Rail 4,043 750 50 270 40%

Westwood Commuter Rail 5,801 870 50 470 50%

Weymouth Commuter Rail 25,419 3,813 50 713 75%

Whitman Commuter Rail 5,984 898 37 242 20%

Wilmington Commuter Rail 8,320 1,248 50 538 50%

Winchester Commuter Rail 8,135 1,220 37 446 50%

Winthrop Adjacent 8,821 882 12 14 0%

Community

Woburn Commuter Rail 17,540 2,631 50 702 75%

Worcester Commuter Rail 84,281 12,642 50 290 40%

Wrentham Adjacent 4,620 750 50 — 0%

Community

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Minimum multi-family unit capacity for most communities is based on the 2020 housing stock and the applicable percentage for that municipality's community type. In some cases, the minimum unit capacity is derived from an extrapolation of the required minimum land area multiplied by the statutory minimum gross density of 15 dwelling units per acre. In cases where the required unit capacity from these two methods would exceed 25% of the community's housing stock, the required unit capacity has *instead been capped at that 25% level.

Minimum land area is 50 acres for all communities in the rapid transit, commuter rail and adjacent community types. There is no minimum land area requirement for adjacent small towns. Where 50 acres exceeds 1.5% of the developable land area in a municipality, a cap has been instituted that sets **minimum land area to 1.5% of developable land area in the municipality.

Developable station area is derived by taking the area of a half-mile circle around an MBTA commuter ***rail station, rapid transit station, or ferry terminal and removing any excluded land.

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

760 CMR 72.00: M.G.L. c. 23B, M.G.L. c. 40A, § 3A.