Article 48 ARB Presentation¶
ARTICLE 48
Residential Parking
Annual Town Meeting || April 27, 2026
Kin Lau, Chair
Arlington Redevelopment Board
Residential Parking
BACKGROUND – ARTICLE 48
Ø Article 48 clarifies that Zoning
Bylaw Section 6.1.10 applies to
properties within the Multi-Family
Housing Overlay Districts.
Ø The proposed language is
consistent with the way theARB
has interpreted parking
requirements in Multi-Family
Housing Overlay Districts.
Ø Section 5.8.4.F.(1) already
states that off-street parking
requirements in Section6.1
shall apply in the Multi-Family
Housing Overlay Districts.
Article48 adds clarification
languagein Section 6.1.10 but
does not propose any new
parking requirements.
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AMENDMENT TEXT
Article 48
6.1.10 Location of Parking Spaces
… Projects subject to Section 3.4,
Environmental Design Review, or
Section 5.8, Site Plan Review, may
provide parking off-site within 600 feet
where it can be shown that a long-term,
legally enforceable agreement has
been made to secure off-site parking.
AMENDMENT TEXT
Amend Section 6.1.10 as follows:
ZONING AMENDMENT – ARTICLE 48
A. Parking in Residential Districts and
Multi-Family Housing Overlay
Districts.
(1) For single-family, two-family,
duplex, and three-family dwellings
in all Residential Districts or
properties developed in
compliance with the Multi-Family
Housing Overlay District under
Section 5.8 of this Bylaw:
e)To minimize visual impacts, side
yards used for parking shall
have a vegetated buffer when
abutting a lot used for
residential purposes. Except as
altered by Special Permit or as
part of site plan review, such
vegetated buffer shall be ...
(2) For single-family, two-family,
duplex, and three-family dwellings
in R0, R1, R2, R3 and R4 districts or
properties developed in
compliance with the Multi-Family
Housing Overlay District under
Section 5.8 of this Bylaw:
a)Only one driveway is permitted
on a lot unless …
AMENDMENT TEXT continued…
ZONING AMENDMENT – ARTICLE 48
