Title
Be it ordained that Chapter 12 Section 800.3 of R.O. 1991 be amended to impose a one year moratorium on certain multifamily residential housing.
Body
Be it ordained that Chapter 12 of the Revised Ordinances of 1991 as amended be and the same are hereby further amended as follows:
-by adding at the end of Section 800.3 the following:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no special permit, variance, site plan approval or building permit shall be issued for construction or creation of any residential dwelling unit, commencing on the first date of publication of this ordinance amendment and ending one year from the date of final enactment of this amendment; provided that this provision shall not apply to any application for or special permit, site plan approval, variance or building permit granted on or before the first publication of this ordinance amendment; and provided further that this provision shall not apply to property located in the Central Business District, the Rowe's Quarry Reclamation District, or the Malden Center Revitalization Housing Development Incentive Zone, as established on December 9, 2014 .
The foregoing moratorium is imposed to allow the City time to undertake studies of the adequacy of the City's infrastructure, the scope of said studies to be determined during the public hearing process, and to consider amendments to the ordinance.