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====== Boston Article 80 Development Review (Large Project Review) ======

//This page models a legal/regulatory process for teaching and reference. It is not legal advice.//

{{tag>boston article80 development-review bpmn draft}}

===== Summary =====

The path a large development project follows through Boston's Article 80 review:
classification, filing, scoping and public engagement, the impact report and its
adequacy determination, Boston Civic Design Commission review (now Article 81),
the board vote, and — on approval — the development agreement and mitigation.

This models the **Large Project Review** track. The threshold decision that
routes a project here (vs. Small, PDA/IMP, notification, or no review) lives on
its own page, per the one-diagram-per-page rule. Boston's review process is
mid-modernization (fully in effect 2026), so several steps are flagged for
review below.

===== Process diagram =====


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      <bpmn:extensionElements>
        <lex:legalRef statute="Art. 80 § 80-3" wikidata=""/>
      </bpmn:extensionElements>
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    <bpmn:task id="Task_RehabNotification" name="File substantial-rehabilitation notification">
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        <lex:legalRef statute="Art. 80 Modernization (Text Amd. 479)" wikidata=""/>
        <lex:gap note="Confirm notification form/mechanics and the exact 'substantial rehabilitation' definition."/>
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        <lex:legalRef statute="Art. 80 § 80E" wikidata=""/>
        <lex:gap note="Link out to Small Project Review model page."/>
      </bpmn:extensionElements>
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    </bpmn:endEvent>
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    <bpmn:task id="Task_PNF" name="File Project Notification Form (PNF)">
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      <bpmn:extensionElements>
        <lex:legalRef statute="Art. 80B" wikidata=""/>
      </bpmn:extensionElements>
      <bpmn:incoming>f12</bpmn:incoming>
      <bpmn:outgoing>f13</bpmn:outgoing>
    </bpmn:task>
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    <bpmn:task id="Task_Revise" name="Revise &amp; refile impact report">
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      <bpmn:outgoing>f18</bpmn:outgoing>
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      <bpmn:extensionElements>
        <lex:legalRef statute="Art. 80B" wikidata=""/>
        <lex:gap note="Confirm the voting body's current name post-BPDA-to-Planning-Department transition."/>
      </bpmn:extensionElements>
      <bpmn:incoming>f18</bpmn:incoming>
      <bpmn:incoming>f19</bpmn:incoming>
      <bpmn:outgoing>f20</bpmn:outgoing>
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    <bpmn:exclusiveGateway id="GW_Decision" name="Board approves?">
      <bpmn:documentation>Approval decision.</bpmn:documentation>
      <bpmn:extensionElements>
        <lex:legalRef statute="Art. 80B" wikidata=""/>
      </bpmn:extensionElements>
      <bpmn:incoming>f20</bpmn:incoming>
      <bpmn:outgoing>f21</bpmn:outgoing>
      <bpmn:outgoing>f23</bpmn:outgoing>
    </bpmn:exclusiveGateway>
    <bpmn:task id="Task_Agreement" name="Execute development agreement &amp; mitigation">
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      <bpmn:extensionElements>
        <lex:legalRef statute="Art. 80B-7 (DIP exactions)" wikidata=""/>
      </bpmn:extensionElements>
      <bpmn:incoming>f21</bpmn:incoming>
      <bpmn:outgoing>f22</bpmn:outgoing>
    </bpmn:task>
    <bpmn:endEvent id="End_Approved" name="Large project approved">
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      <bpmn:extensionElements>
        <lex:legalRef statute="Art. 80B" wikidata=""/>
      </bpmn:extensionElements>
      <bpmn:incoming>f22</bpmn:incoming>
    </bpmn:endEvent>
    <bpmn:endEvent id="End_Denied" name="Project denied">
      <bpmn:documentation>Board declines approval.</bpmn:documentation>
      <bpmn:extensionElements>
        <lex:legalRef statute="Art. 80B" wikidata=""/>
      </bpmn:extensionElements>
      <bpmn:incoming>f23</bpmn:incoming>
    </bpmn:endEvent>
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    <bpmn:sequenceFlow id="f2" sourceRef="Task_DeterminePath" targetRef="GW_Path"/>
    <bpmn:sequenceFlow id="f3" name="no review" sourceRef="GW_Path" targetRef="End_NoReview"/>
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    <bpmn:sequenceFlow id="f23" name="denied" sourceRef="GW_Decision" targetRef="End_Denied"/>
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      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge id="f17_di" bpmnElement="f17">
        <di:waypoint x="1635" y="195"/>
        <di:waypoint x="1635" y="140"/>
        <di:waypoint x="1660" y="140"/>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge id="f18_di" bpmnElement="f18">
        <di:waypoint x="1735" y="105"/>
        <di:waypoint x="1860" y="105"/>
        <di:waypoint x="1860" y="180"/>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge id="f19_di" bpmnElement="f19">
        <di:waypoint x="1660" y="220"/>
        <di:waypoint x="1790" y="220"/>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge id="f20_di" bpmnElement="f20">
        <di:waypoint x="1930" y="220"/>
        <di:waypoint x="1980" y="220"/>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge id="f21_di" bpmnElement="f21">
        <di:waypoint x="2030" y="220"/>
        <di:waypoint x="2070" y="220"/>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge id="f22_di" bpmnElement="f22">
        <di:waypoint x="2220" y="220"/>
        <di:waypoint x="2270" y="220"/>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
      <bpmndi:BPMNEdge id="f23_di" bpmnElement="f23">
        <di:waypoint x="2005" y="245"/>
        <di:waypoint x="2005" y="322"/>
      </bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
    </bpmndi:BPMNPlane>
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</bpmnio>

===== Process steps =====

  - **Project proposed** ''(Start_ProjectProposed)''.
  - **Determine Article 80 review path** ''(Task_DeterminePath)'' — business-rule step; calls [[decisions:boston-article80-threshold]].
  - **Which review path?** ''(GW_Path)'' — routes to no-review / rehab notification / PDA-IMP / Small / Large.
  - **File Letter of Intent** ''(Task_LOI)'' → **Project Notification Form** ''(Task_PNF)''.
  - **Scoping Determination; convene advisory group** ''(Task_Scoping)'' → **Public comment period** ''(Task_PublicComment)''.
  - **File Draft Project Impact Report** ''(Task_DPIR)''.
  - **Adequacy determination met?** ''(GW_Adequacy)'' — if not, **Revise & refile** ''(Task_Revise)''.
  - **BCDC design review required?** ''(GW_BCDC)'' — if so, **BCDC review (Art. 81)** ''(Task_BCDC)''.
  - **Planning board / BRA vote** ''(Task_BoardVote)'' → **Board approves?** ''(GW_Decision)''.
  - **Execute development agreement & mitigation** ''(Task_Agreement)'' → **Large project approved** ''(End_Approved)''; else **Project denied** ''(End_Denied)''.

===== Eligibility & decision logic =====

Classification into this track is delegated to the DMN at
[[decisions:boston-article80-threshold]] (called at ''Task_DeterminePath''). The
in-process gateways are ''GW_Adequacy'' (Adequacy Determination, § 80B-5),
''GW_BCDC'' (Article 81 design-review trigger), and ''GW_Decision'' (board
approval).

===== Regulatory basis =====

^ Element ^ Authority ^ Note ^
| ''Task_DeterminePath'' | Art. 80 § 80-3 | applicability / classification |
| ''Task_LOI'', ''Task_PNF'' | Art. 80B | large-project filings |
| ''Task_Scoping'' | Art. 80B | scoping determination; advisory group |
| ''Task_DPIR'' | Art. 80B | draft project impact report |
| ''GW_Adequacy'' | Art. 80B-5 | adequacy determination |
| ''GW_BCDC'', ''Task_BCDC'' | Art. 81 | Boston Civic Design Commission |
| ''Task_Agreement'' | Art. 80B-7 | development agreement; DIP exactions |

**Transition note:** The old BPDA has been replaced by the City Planning
Department, and the Article 80 modernization is the most substantial change since
1996, fully in effect in 2026. Body names and thresholds are in flux — see gaps.

===== Known gaps & open questions (review agenda for Al) =====

  * **Advisory body** (''Task_Scoping'') — modernization introduces Community Advisory Teams and an early-engagement toolkit; confirm the current body and timeline.
  * **Adequacy iteration** (''GW_Adequacy''/''Task_Revise'') — the real process iterates with supplemental filings; modeled here as a single revise step, not a loop.
  * **BCDC trigger** (''GW_BCDC'') — a 200,000 SF threshold surfaced in modernization comments; confirm the current trigger and the "Projects of Special Significance" discretionary triggers.
  * **Voting body** (''Task_BoardVote'') — confirm the current name/authority post-BPDA-to-Planning-Department transition.

===== Test cases =====

  * [[cases:boston-a80-large-approved]] — large project, adequate, BCDC review, approved.
  * [[cases:boston-a80-substantial-rehab]] — interior renovation routed to notification only.


===== Related models =====

  * [[decisions:boston-article80-threshold]] — the routing decision (embedded call).
  * Boston Small Project Review (80E) — //to be created//.
  * Boston PDA (80C) / IMP (80D) review — //to be created//.

===== Provenance & review =====

^ Field ^ Value ^
| Draft author | Anson Parker (with Claude) |
| Proposed steward | Al Lee |
| Status | draft — awaiting first review |
| Changelog | 2026-06-27 — created; Large Project Review track; 4 gateways / 6 outcomes |