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Mayor Walsh launches online tool to help business owners navigate zoning regulations

The new tool, Boston Zoning Check allows business owners to see where specific uses are allowed by the zoning code.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced today the release of a new tool to to help residents navigate Boston’s zoning code. The new tool, Boston Zoning Check allows business owners to see where specific uses are allowed by the zoning code. The zoning code is currently three volumes and over 3,000 pages long. By answering a few questions, users can make an initial determination regarding where in the City they are permitted to open a new business or expand an existing one.

The Mayor made the announcement at Thursday’s roundtable discussion on streamlining small business and startup services with U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet.

“We should be encouraging our residents with great ideas to focus on building their businesses, not being burdened with understanding municipal code” says Mayor Walsh.  “This new tool will help make the process of starting a business in the City one step easier.”

This new tool is part of series of actions Mayor Walsh has taken to ease the pathway for small businesses in the City:

Boston Zoning Check is one part of the Mayor’s overall goal of simplifying the relationship between business owners and government through technology. More information on the City’s efforts to improve its online permitting experience can be found at permits.boston.gov.

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