Massachusetts State Law Chapter 43D allows communities to designate specific geographic areas targeted for economic development. Within those areas, the Town guarantees that certain land use permits issued by the Board of Appeals, Planning Board or Conservation Commission, will be acted upon by those Boards within 180 days.
No, it guarantees that the applicable permitting board will process permit applications within 180 days.
Currently, Expedited Permitting is allowed in the Vanderbilt Ave. area. A map of the area is included in the Expedited Permitting link above. The Economic Development Committee is working on creating a second Expedited Permitting overlay district in the University Ave. area. However the creation of the second district has not been finalized.