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In 1960, Andover adopted 'cluster zoning' <ref> https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/73317 | Clement, John Roland. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning. Thesis. 1966. M.C.P. </ref>
Andover's first zoning by-law was enacted at the March 9, 1936 Annual Town Meeting. <ref> Estimate $29.50 rate; zoning law passed, ''The Andover Townsman'', March 13, 1936. </ref> In 1960, Andover adopted 'cluster zoning,' the first town in Massachusetts to create special development by-laws that allowed sub-divisions of ten acres or more to create residential lots sized smaller that the required two acres and for them to have frontages that were less than the required existing laws permitted.  <ref> https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/73317 | Clement, John Roland. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning. Thesis. 1966. M.C.P. </ref>

Revision as of 13:58, 26 March 2024

Andover's first zoning by-law was enacted at the March 9, 1936 Annual Town Meeting. [1] In 1960, Andover adopted 'cluster zoning,' the first town in Massachusetts to create special development by-laws that allowed sub-divisions of ten acres or more to create residential lots sized smaller that the required two acres and for them to have frontages that were less than the required existing laws permitted. [2]

  1. Estimate $29.50 rate; zoning law passed, The Andover Townsman, March 13, 1936.
  2. https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/73317 | Clement, John Roland. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of City and Regional Planning. Thesis. 1966. M.C.P.