Zoning Reform Impact Tracker

The Boston Archive

Dataset

Zoning Reform Impact Tracker

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Dataset

Publisher: Planning Department
Spatial coverage: Boston, Massachusetts
Fields: 63
Keywords: accessory dwelling units, adu, housing, permitting, zoning, zoning code
Publisher's page: https://data.boston.gov/dataset/zoning-reform-impact-tracker

Artifacts

“Preserved” means the archive holds the bytes and their digest. “Referenced” means it holds the record of them and nothing more. The archive does not claim a holding it cannot prove.

Format	Preservation	Size	Digest	Source
CSV	preserved	14390615	`b621d50aee77ff89da5f7567aff1738eaa72aee989720aa625ac42e668e6b2f8`	source
DOCX	referenced	11194132	`—`	source
PDF	preserved	7198132	`a4dfb704f949696aea63257d34e25492534d23c350bfa0e04fb6762289c6ba12`	source

Column dictionary

The publisher's own dictionary, preserved verbatim. The archive does not reword a schema into its own vocabulary — how the publisher named a column is evidence about the publisher.

Column	Type	Description
`Address`	text
`Permit application number`	text
`Permit application filing date`	text
`Zoning review approved`	text
`Started appeal`	text
`Completed appeal`	text
`Permit issued`	text
`Permit application abandoned`	text
`Permit application inactive`	text
`Permit issued date`	text
`Days to permit issuance`	text
`Days at ZBA`	text
`Permit application has ADU`	text
`Permit application type`	text
`Permit application work type`	text
`In Squares + Streets rezoned area?`	text
`Squares + Streets S district name`	text
`Before or after rezoning?`	text
`Which rezoning?`	text
`Rezoning effective date`	text
`Child care business permitted where previously not allowed?`	text
`Number of children child care is eligible to serve`	text
`Residential units before permitted work-on and after Oct. 2024`	text
`Residential units after permitted work-on and after Oct. 2024`	text
`Is Article 80?`	text
`Is Article 80 small project?`	text
`Is Article 80 large project?`	text
`City Council district`	text
`Zoning relief type`	text
`Total common violations`	text
`Violation for existing building alignment`	text
`Violation for roof restriction`	text
`Violation for accessory parking use`	text
`Violation for parking design and maneuverability`	text
`Violation for insufficient parking or loading`	text
`Violation for insufficient lot width`	text
`Violation for insufficient additional lot area`	text
`Violation for insufficient lot area`	text
`Violation for insufficient lot frontage`	text
`Violation for insufficient usable open space`	text
`Violation for insufficient front yard`	text
`Violation for insufficient side yard`	text
`Violation for insufficient rear yard`	text
`Violation for excessive height in stories`	text
`Violation for excessive height in feet`	text
`Violation for excessive height alone`	text
`Violation for excessive floor area ratio`	text
`By right`	text

48 of 63 columns are shown here. The complete dictionary, exactly as the publisher words it, is served as its own holding at /asset/66745423e4ac11d541001b1adea7122c/zoning-reform-impact-tracker-columns.json — 4944 bytes, SHA-256 66745423e4ac11d5…, under Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0.

Questions this record answers

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Who publishes Zoning Reform Impact Tracker, and under what license?

Planning Department publishes it. The archive accessioned it under Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and Licence (PDDL) 1.0 (public domain), and holds the publisher's own column dictionary verbatim rather than reworded into the archive's vocabulary — how a publisher names a column is evidence about the publisher.