Table of MBTA Community Categories and Requirements

Community Community category Housing Units Minimum multi-family unit capacity* Minimum land area** Developable station area*** % of district to be located in station area Abington Commuter Rail Acton Commuter Rail Amesbury Adjacent Community - Andover Commuter Rail Arlington Adjacent Community Ashburnham Adjacent Small Town -— — Ashby Adjacent Small Town — — Ashland Commuter Rail Attleboro Commuter Rail Auburn Adjacent Community — Ayer Commuter Rail Bedford Adjacent Community — Bellingham Adjacent Community — Belmont Commuter Rail Berkley Adjacent Small Town — Beverly Commuter Rail Billerica Commuter Rail Bourne Adjacent Small Town — — Boxborough Adjacent Small Town — — Boxford Adjacent Small Town — — Braintree Rapid Transit Bridgewater Commuter Rail Brockton Commuter Rail Community Community category Housing Units Minimum multi-family unit capacity* Minimum land area** Developable station area*** % of district to be located in station area Brookline Rapid Transit Burlington Adjacent Community — Cambridge Rapid Transit Canton Commuter Rail Carlisle Adjacent Small Town — — Carver Adjacent Small Town — — Chelmsford Adjacent Community — Chelsea Rapid Transit Cohasset Commuter Rail Concord Commuter Rail Danvers Adjacent Community — Dedham Commuter Rail Dover Adjacent Small Town — — Dracut Adjacent Community — Duxbury Adjacent Community — East Bridgewater Adjacent Community — Easton Adjacent Community — Essex Adjacent Small Town — — Everett Rapid Transit Fall River Commuter Rail Fitchburg Commuter Rail Foxborough Commuter Rail Framingham Commuter Rail Franklin Commuter Rail Freetown Commuter Rail Georgetown Adjacent Community — Gloucester Commuter Rail Grafton Adjacent Community Groton Adjacent Small Town — — Community Community category Housing Units Minimum multi-family unit capacity* Minimum land area** Developable station area*** % of district to be located in station area Groveland Adjacent Small Town — — Halifax Commuter Rail Hamilton Commuter Rail Hanover Adjacent Community — Hanson Commuter Rail Harvard Adjacent Small Town — — Haverhill Commuter Rail Hingham Commuter Rail Holbrook Commuter Rail Holden Adjacent Community — Holliston Adjacent Community — Hopkinton Adjacent Community Hull Adjacent Community Ipswich Commuter Rail Kingston Commuter Rail Lakeville Adjacent Small Town — Lancaster Adjacent Small Town — — Lawrence Commuter Rail Leicester Adjacent Small Town — — Leominster Commuter Rail Lexington Adjacent Community — Lincoln Commuter Rail Littleton Commuter Rail Lowell Commuter Rail Lunenburg Adjacent Small Town — — Lynn Commuter Rail Lynnfield Adjacent Community — Malden Rapid Transit Manchester Commuter Rail Community Community category Housing Units Minimum multi-family unit capacity* Minimum land area** Developable station area*** % of district to be located in station area Mansfield Commuter Rail Marblehead Adjacent Community — Marlborough Adjacent Community — Marshfield Adjacent Community — Maynard Adjacent Community — Medfield Adjacent Community — Medford Rapid Transit Medway Adjacent Community — Melrose Commuter Rail Merrimac Adjacent Small Town — — Methuen Adjacent Community — Middleborough Commuter Rail Middleton Adjacent Community — Millbury Adjacent Community — Millis Adjacent Community — Milton Rapid Transit Nahant Adjacent Small Town — — Natick Commuter Rail Needham Commuter Rail New Bedford Commuter Rail Newbury Adjacent Small Town — Newburyport Commuter Rail Newton Rapid Transit Norfolk Commuter Rail North Andover Adjacent Community North Attleborough Adjacent Community — North Reading Adjacent Community — Northborough Adjacent Community — Community Community category Housing Units Minimum multi-family unit capacity* Minimum land area** Developable station area*** % of district to be located in station area Northbridge Adjacent Community — Norton Adjacent Community — Norwell Adjacent Community — Norwood Commuter Rail Paxton Adjacent Small Town — — Peabody Adjacent Community — Pembroke Adjacent Community — Plymouth Adjacent Community — Plympton Adjacent Small Town — — Princeton Adjacent Small Town — — Quincy Rapid Transit Randolph Commuter Rail Raynham Adjacent Community — Reading Commuter Rail Rehoboth Adjacent Small Town — — Revere Rapid Transit Rochester Adjacent Small Town — — Rockland Adjacent Community — Rockport Commuter Rail Rowley Commuter Rail Salem Commuter Rail Salisbury Adjacent Community — Saugus Adjacent Community — Scituate Commuter Rail Seekonk Adjacent Community — Sharon Commuter Rail Sherborn Adjacent Small Town — — Shirley Commuter Rail Community Community category Housing Units Minimum multi-family unit capacity* Minimum land area** Developable station area*** % of district to be located in station area Shrewsbury Adjacent Community Somerville Rapid Transit Southborough Commuter Rail Sterling Adjacent Small Town — — Stoneham Adjacent Community Stoughton Commuter Rail Stow Adjacent Small Town — — Sudbury Adjacent Community — Sutton Adjacent Small Town — — Swampscott Commuter Rail Taunton Commuter Rail Tewksbury Adjacent Community — Topsfield Adjacent Small Town — — Townsend Adjacent Small Town — — Tyngsborough Adjacent Community — Upton Adjacent Small Town — — Wakefield Commuter Rail Walpole Commuter Rail Waltham Commuter Rail Wareham Adjacent Community — Watertown Adjacent Community Wayland Adjacent Community — Wellesley Commuter Rail Wenham Commuter Rail West Boylston Adjacent Community — West Bridgewater Adjacent Small Town — — West Newbury Adjacent Small Town — — Westborough Commuter Rail Community Community category Housing Units Minimum multi-family unit capacity* Minimum land area** Developable station area*** % of district to be located in station area Westford Adjacent Community — Westminster Adjacent Small Town — Weston Commuter Rail Westwood Commuter Rail Weymouth Commuter Rail Whitman Commuter Rail Wilmington Commuter Rail Winchester Commuter Rail Winthrop Adjacent Community Woburn Commuter Rail Worcester Commuter Rail Wrentham Adjacent Community — Minimum multi-family unit capacity for most communities is based on the 2020 housing stock and the applicable percentage for that municipality's community type. In some cases, the minimum unit capacity is derived from an extrapolation of the required minimum land area multiplied by the statutory minimum gross density of 15 dwelling units per acre. In cases where the required unit capacity from these two methods would exceed 25% of the community's housing stock, the required unit capacity has *instead been capped at that 25% level. Minimum land area is 50 acres for all communities in the rapid transit, commuter rail and adjacent community types. There is no minimum land area requirement for adjacent small towns. Where 50 acres exceeds 1.5% of the developable land area in a municipality, a cap has been instituted that sets **minimum land area to 1.5% of developable land area in the municipality. Developable station area is derived by taking the area of a half-mile circle around an MBTA commuter ***rail station, rapid transit station, or ferry terminal and removing any excluded land.