Boston Massachusetts Zoning Map

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Zone Code Zone Name
10 Central Artery Area
11A Central Artery Area
11 Central Artery Area
12 Central Artery Area
14 Central Artery Area
15/16 Central Artery Area
17N Central Artery Area
17S Central Artery Area
18N Central Artery Area
18S Central Artery Area
19 Central Artery Area
1F-3000 One-family Residential
1F-4000 One-family Residential
1F-5000 One-family Residential
1F-6000 One-family Residential
1F-7000 One-family Residential
1F-8000 One-family Residential
1F-9000 One-family Residential
1 Central Artery Area
20 Central Artery Area
21 Central Artery Area
22N Central Artery Area
22S Central Artery Area
2A Central Artery Area
2F-2000 Two-family Residential
2F-3000 Two-family Residential
2F-4000 Two-family Residential
2F-5000 (A) Two-family Residential
2F-5000 Two-family Residential
2F-6000 Two-family Residential
2F-7000 Two-family Residential
2F-9000 Two-family Residential
2F Two-family Residential
2 Central Artery Area
3F-2000 Three-family Residential
3F-3000 Three-family Residential
3F-4000 Three-family Residential
3F-5000 Three-family Residential
3F-6000 Three-family Residential
3F-7000 Three-family Residential
3F-D-2000 Three-family Residential
3F-D-3000 Three-family Residential
3F-D-4000 Three-family Residential
3F-D-5000 Three-family Residential
3F-D_2000 Three-family Residential
3F Three-family Residential
3 Central Artery Area
4 Central Artery Area
6 Central Artery Area
7W Central Artery Area
8 Central Artery Area
9 Central Artery Area
ADAMS STREET NS Neighborhood Shopping
ALBANY STREET MEDICAL AREA CF Community Facilities
ALLEGHANY CF Community Facilities
ALLSTON LANDING NORTH EDA Economic Development Area
ALLSTON LANDING SOUTH EDA Economic Development Area
ASHFORD ST LI-1 Local Industrial
B-1-55 General Business
B-10 General Business
B-1 General Business
B-2 General Business
B-3-65 General Business
B-4 General Business
B-6-90A General Business
B-6-90B General Business
B-8-120A General Business
B-8-120B General Business
B-8-120C General Business
B-8 General Business
BAY VILLAGE PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
BEACH/KNAPP PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
BETH ISRAEL HOSPITAL INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT Institutional
BIO SQUARE EDA Economic Development Area
BLACKSTONE BLOCK PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
BLOSSOM STREET RESTRICTED GROWTH AREA Restricted Growth Area
BOSTON COLLEGE IS Institutional
BOSTON COMMON AND PUBLIC GARDEN PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
BOSTON UNIVERSITY IS Institutional
BOSTON WHARF TRANSITION ZONE Transition Zone
BOYLSTON STREET PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
BRAINTREE STREET LI-1 Local Industrial
BROAD STREET PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
BROOKLINE AVE CC Community Commercial
BULFINCH TRIANGLE/CAA Central Artery Area
CAMBRIDGE STREET JAIL SOUTH PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
CAMBRIDGE STREET NORTH SIDE PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
CAMPUS HIGH CF Community Facilities
CASTLE ISLAND/ COLUMBUS PARK SHORELAND OPEN SPACE Shoreland Open Space
CC-1 Community Commercial
CC-2 Community Commercial
CC-3 Community Commercial
CC-4 Community Commercial
CC Community Commercial
CEDAR GROVE GENERAL BUSINESS SUBDISTRICT General Business
CEDAR GROVE WATERFRONT MANUFACTURING SUBDISTRICT Waterfront Manufacturing
CE Corridor Enhancement
CF Community Facilities
CHARLES STREET JAIL NORTH MEDIUM DENSITY AREA Medium Density Area
CHARLESTOWN GATEWAY SUBDISTRICT Charlestown Gateway
CHARLESTOWN GENERAL INDUSTRIAL General Industrial
CHARLESTOWN MARITIME ECONOMY RESERVE Maritime Economy Reserve
CHARLESTOWN NAVY YARD SUBDISTRICT Charlestown Navy Yard
CHESTNUT HILL WATERWORKS PROTECTION SUBDISTRICT Chestnut Hill Waterworks Protection
CHINATOWN GATEWAY SPECIAL STUDY AREA Special Study Area
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE INSTITUTIONAL AREA Institutional
CITY HALL MEDIUM DENSITY AREA Medium Density Area
CLAM POINT WATERFRONT SERVICE Waterfront Service
COMMERCIAL CHINATOWN Commercial
COMMERCIAL WHARF NS Neighborhood Shopping
COMMUNITY COLLEGE CF Community Facilities
CONGRESS/STATE STREET MEDIUM DENSITY AREA Medium Density Area
CPS IMP Conservation Protection
CPS Conservation Protection
CUF Cultural Facilities
CUSTOM HOUSE MEDIUM DENSITY AREA Medium Density Area
D ST. NDA Neighborhood Development Area
DANA FARBER CANCER INTITUTE IS Institutional
DIMOCK STREET CF Community Facilities
DORCHESTER BAY WATERFRONT SERVICE SUBDISTRICT Waterfront Service
DOWNTOWN WATERFRONT SUBDISTRICT Waterfront
DUDLEY SQUARE EDA Economic Development Area
E ST. LI Local Industrial
EDA CENTRAL Economic Development Area
EDA NORTH Economic Development Area
EDA SOUTH Economic Development Area
EGLESTON SQUARE NS Neighborhood Shopping
EPS Enterprise Protection
FENWAY TRIANGLE NDA Neighborhood Development Area
FIELDS CORNER CC Community Commercial
FIRST ST. LI Local Industrial
FRANCISCAN CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL IS Institutional
GENERAL AREA General Area
GOODENOUGH STREET LI-1 Local Industrial
GOVERNMENT CENTER/CAA Central Artery Area
GREATER ROXBURY EDA Economic Development Area
GROVE HALL IDA Industrial Development Area
GROVE HALL NS Neighborhood Shopping
GUEST STREET LI-2 Local Industrial
H-1-50 Apartment Residential
H-1 Apartment Residential
H-2-55 Apartment Residential
H-2-65 Apartment Residential
H-2-D-65 Apartment Residential
H-2 Apartment Residential
H-3-65 Apartment Residential
H-3 Apartment Residential
H-4 Apartment Residential
H-5 Apartment Residential
HANOVER CC Community Commercial
HARVARD AVENUE CC-1 Community Commercial
HARVARD UNIVERSITY IS Institutional
HAYDEN BUILDING PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
HISTORIC CHINATOWN PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
HUNTINGTON AVE NS-2 Neighborhood Shopping
HUNTINGTON AVENUE BOULEVARD AREA Huntington Avenue Boulevard Area
I-2-D-65 General Industrial
I-2 General Industrial
IC Industrial Commercial
IDA Industrial Development Area
INDIA STREET RESTRICTED GROWTH AREA Restricted Growth Area
INSTITUTIONAL Institutional
IS Institutional
J.J. RYAN PLAYGROUND RECREATION OPEN SPACE Recreation Open Space
JACOB WIRTH PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
L-.5 Local Business
L-1 Local Business
L-2-65 Local Business
L-2 Local Business
LADDER BLOCKS AND WASHINGTON STREET THEATRE PROTEC Protection Area
LC-.5 Local Convenience
LC-1 Local Convenience
LC Local Convenience
LEATHER DISTRICT Leather District
LI-1 Local Industrial
LI-2 Local Industrial
LIA Logan International Airport
LIBERTY TREE PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
LINDEN STREET LI-1 Local Industrial
LITTLE MYSTIC WATERFRONT ACCESS OPEN SPACE Waterfront Access Open Space
LITTLE MYSTIC WATERFRONT RESIDENTIAL Waterfront Residential
LITTLE MYSTIC WATERFRONT SERVICE Waterfront Service
LI Local Industrial
LOWER MILLS NS Neighborhood Shopping
LOWER MILLS SHORELAND OPEN SPACE SUBDISTRICT Shoreland Open Space
M-1-55 Restricted Manufacturing
M-1 Restricted Manufacturing
M-2 Restricted Manufacturing
M-4 Restricted Manufacturing
M-8 Restricted Manufacturing
MARKETS PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
MASS AVE NS-1 Neighborhood Shopping
MASS AVE NS-2 Neighborhood Shopping
MASS MENTAL HEALTH CENTER IS Institutional
MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE/BELVIDERE STREET PROTECTION A Protection Area
MCLELLAN HIGHWAY EDA Economic Development Area
MCOP INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT Institutional
MERCANTILE NS Neighborhood Shopping
MER Maritime Economy Reserve
MFR-1 Multifamily Residential
MFR-2 Multifamily Residential
MFR-3 Multifamily Residential
MFR/LS-2 Multifamily Residential/local Services
MFR/LS-3 Multifamily Residential/local Services
MFR/LS Multifamily Residential/local Services
MFR Multifamily Residential
MYSTIC RIVER WATERFRONT MANUFACTURING Waterfront Manufacturing
N BEACON STREET LI-1 Local Industrial
NDA Neighborhood Development Area
NE DEACONESS HOSPITAL INSTITUTIONAL DISTRICT Institutional
NE/CAA Central Artery Area
NEPONSET RIVER RESIDENTIAL SUBDISTRICT Residential
NEPOSET SHORELAND OPEN SPACE SUBDISTRICT Shoreland Open Space
NEW BOSTON GARDEN DEVELOPMENT AREA New Boston Garden Development Area
NEW CHARDON STREET MEDIUM DENSITY AREA Medium Density Area
NEW ECONOMY DEVELOPMENT AREA Economic Development Area
NEW ENGLAND BAPTIST IS Institutional
NEW MARKET IDA Industrial Development Area
NEWSPAPER ROW/OLD SOUTH PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
NI-VA-1 Neighborhood Institutional
NI-VA-2 Neighborhood Institutional
NI-VA-3 Neighborhood Institutional
NI Neighborhood Institutional
NORTH BOYLSTON NS-2 Neighborhood Shopping
NORTH BOYLSTON NS-3 Neighborhood Shopping
NORTH END LOCAL BUSINESS SUBDISTRICT Local Business
NORTH END PLAYGROUND RECREATION OPEN SPACE SUBDIST Recreation Open Space
NORTH END WATERFRONT SUBDISTRICT Waterfront
NORTH GROVE STREET RESTRICTED GROWTH AREA Restricted Growth Area
NORTH WASHINGTON ST CC Community Commercial
NORTHERN AVENUE TRANSITION ZONE Transition Zone
NS-.5 Neighborhood Shopping
NS-1 Neighborhood Shopping
NS-2 Neighborhood Shopping
NS Neighborhood Shopping
OLD STATE HOUSE PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
OS-A Air-right Open Space
OS-BZ Botanical/zoological Garden Open Space
OS-CM Cemetery Open Space
OS-G Community Garden Open Space
OS-P Parkland Open Space
OS-RC Recreation Open Space
OS-SL Shoreland Open Space
OS-UP Urban Plaza Open Space
OS-UW Urban Wild Open Space
OS-WA Waterfront Access Open Space
OS Open Space
PARCEL-TO-PARCEL LINKAGE DEVELOPMENT AREA Parcel-to-parcel Linkage Development Area
PAUL REVERE LANDING PARKLAND OPEN SPACE Parkland Open Space
PEMBERTON SQUARE PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
PILOT HOUSE EXTENSION Pilot House Extension
R-.8 Residential
RESIDENTIAL CHINATOWN Residential
RH-1500 Row House Residential
RH-2000 Row House Residential
RH Row House Residential
ROXBURY HERITAGE STATE PARK CF Community Facilities
SALEM ST NS Neighborhood Shopping
SALTONSTALL PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
SARATOGA STREET EDA Economic Development Area
SAVIN HILL LC Local Convenience
SEARS CRESCENT PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
SOUTH BOSTON MARITIME ECONOMY RESERVE Maritime Economy Reserve
SOUTH BOYLSTON NS-1 Neighborhood Shopping
SOUTH BOYLSTON NS-3 Neighborhood Shopping
SOUTH STATION AIR-RIGHTS DEVELOPMENT SUB-AREA South Station Air-rights Development Sub-area
SOUTH STATION/CAA Central Artery Area
ST BOTOLPH STREET PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
ST CECILIA SPECIAL STUDY AREA Special Study Area
ST GERMAIN STREET PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
ST PATRICK NS Neighborhood Shopping
ST. ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL IS Institutional
STATE HOUSE PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
STATE STREET PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
STUART STREET/WASHINGTON STREET PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
SUDBURY STREET RESTRICTED GROWTH AREA Restricted Growth Area
SUFFOLK DOWNS EDA Economic Development Area
SUMMER ST. LI Local Industrial
TERMINAL STREET WATERFRONT MANUFACTURING Waterfront Manufacturing
TOWNSEND STREET CF Community Facilities
TREMONT CF Community Facilities
TREMONT STREET PROTECTION AREA Protection Area
TURNPIKE AIR-RIGHTS SPECIAL STUDY AREA Turnpike Air-rights Special Study Area
TYLER STREET SPECIAL STUDY AREA Special Study Area
UPPER CHELSEA CREEK WM Waterfront Manufacturing
WALNUT AVENUE CF Community Facilities
WARREN STREET CF Community Facilities
WASHINGTON PARK MALL NS Neighborhood Shopping
WATERFRONT NS Neighborhood Shopping
WATERFRONT TRANSITION ZONE Waterfront Transition Zone
WCF Waterfront Community Facilities
WC Waterfront Commercial
WENTWORTH INSTITITE IS Institutional
WENTWORTH INSTITUTE IS Institutional
WESTERN AVENUE/ SOLDIER FIELD RD CC-1 Community Commercial
WESTERN AVENUE/SOLDIERS FIELD ROAD CC-2 Community Commercial
WESTLAND AVE NS-1 Neighborhood Shopping
WHARF STREET RESTRICTED GROWTH AREA Restricted Growth Area
WILLIAM J. BARRY PLAYGROUND RECREATION OPEN SPACE Recreation Open Space
WM Waterfront Manufacturing
WR Waterfront Residential
WS Waterfront Service

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What is Zoning?

Zoning codes are a century old, and the lifeblood of all major U.S. cities, determining what can be built where and what activities can take place in a neighborhood. Zoning is how cities control the development and use of land. Zoning defines the legally permitted and prohibited uses of a piece of land, determining if plot of land can be used for commercial, industrial, residential or agricultural purposes. Essentially, it determines what can and cannot be built on a property.

Zoning and Real Estate Values

Zoning is the first stage of the home life cycle and a key influence on all other stages. Zillow has identified that zoning regulations are so important that they impact home values. Zillow Research found that home values grew most in markets with the strictest land use regulations. Home values in the most restrictive metropolitan areas grew an average of 23.4%, more than double the home value appreciation in the least restrictive metros. Zoning regulations are determined locally and some cities can have more restrictive regulation systems than others. However, within a city’s zoning system individual zones can be more restrictive and less restrictive, including different single family zones.

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