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Ordinance: That Chapter 12 of the Revised Ordinances be amended extend the existing moratorium six months until December 31, 2017 and include all area’s and zones not currently included.
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Be it hereby ordained by the Malden City Council that Chapter 12 of the Revised Ordinances of 1991 be amended as follows:
-by striking out the last paragraph of Section 800.3 as it presently exists and inserting in place thereof the following:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, no special permit, variance, site plan approval or building permit shall be issued for construction or creation of any multi-family residential dwelling unit containing five units or more, commencing on the first date of publication of this ordinance amendment and ending December 31, 2017. This provision shall apply to property in all zoning districts in the city but shall not apply to any application for or special permit, site plan approval, variance or building permit granted before the first publication of this ordinance amendment.
The foregoing moratorium is imposed to allow the City time to undertake studies of t of the impact of increased population and density and adequacy of the City’s infrastructure and financial ability to accommodate increased population and density, and to consider amendments to the ordinance.
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