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MUST LISTEN: What's In Controversial Zoning Bill 5002?

Season 2025, Ep. 5.22
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Westport's Danielle Dobin joins Lisa Wexler to talk about what's in the omnibus bill #5002, including new parking regulations, as-of-right middle-housing conversions with no parking requirements, fast-tracking of office buildings to housing developments, opt-outs that come with significant cuts to state grants for that town, and developer legal fees towns would have to assume when objecting to 8-30G projects, to name a few pay-attention! changes.

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