FALL RIVER — The city will submit an amended zoning plan to the state to comply with the MBTA Communities Law, as a designated commuter rail community.

“We have to provide a zoning district where we have the ability to create 6,662 units,” said city engineer Daniel Aguiar. “Now that doesn’t mean a single one has to be built. We just have to provide a zoning area that allows for that many units. They can be existing units.” 

Aguiar has been working on this upgraded zoning project for months. In May 2023, he received a status of interim compliance from the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities. 

Fall River and the state’s 174 other MBTA communities have until Dec. 31 to have their zoning plans approved by the state. 

Read more from Jo C. Goode at heraldnews.com.