A proposal to allow for six-story residential buildings across Cambridge would create 4,880 net new housing units in the next decade and a half, almost 14 times the number of units expected under current zoning, according to new estimates from city officials.
A group of Cambridge city councilors are interested in radically rezoning the city to eliminate single-family-only zoning in order to boost housing production. Under the proposal, the height limit for residential buildings could be no lower than six stories in any part of the city. If enacted, the measure would create some of the most aggressive pro-housing zoning in the country. It would include other significant changes, including removing minimum lot sizes and density limits and cutting back special-permit requirements.
Source: Cambridge six-story zoning could create – Boston Business Journal
