In Plymouth, there is a 6% hotel/motel tax and this year it represents a little over three million dollars in taxes that come to the Town. 45% of that amount is put into the promotion fund to promote tourism, according to Lee Hartmann, Director of Planning and Development— the department overseeing the distribution of the […]
In Plymouth, a 40b project, the Kanso/Avalon development, approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals on the 11th. The project consists of 300 rental units located at Colony Place. Chapter 40B allows developers to bypass local zoning regulations in order to build affordable housing developments. This, in cases where a town has less than 10% […]
In Plymouth the Chair of the Plymouth Select Board, Dick Quintal, is out of town on a family matter. So he was not present at the Board meeting this week on April 30th. However, he chaired the meeting the week before on the 23rd,–in which it was reported by Town Manager Derek Brindisi that Article […]
In Plymouth, the MBTA Communities Act requires the town to zone for additional multi-family units because it is adjacent to a transit center, and that’s the Kingston Commuter Rail Station. However, it does not require the housing to be built. Non-compliance with the legislation has consequences, as has occurred in Milton. But there are other […]