Massachusetts General Laws Part I. Administration of the Government (Ch. 1-182) Ch. 40V, § 2

The department may from time to time designate 1 or more areas of a gateway municipality as an HD Zone and take any and all actions necessary or appropriate to such a designation, upon receipt of a municipal application requesting such designation and representing in its application that the municipality, based on its own independent investigation, has determined that the area proposed for designation has a need for multi-unit residential properties. The application shall include a plan that shall include a description of the activities, public and private, contemplated for such zone as of the date of the adoption of the zone plan, including information as the department may require in written guidelines.