（Boston Orange編譯）波士頓市計劃局（The Planning Department）今（17）日發佈消息，稱波士頓分區規劃委員會（The Zoning Commission）已採行新的華埠（Chinatown）分區規劃法，以及涵蓋波士頓全市的新商業招牌分區法規，將讓小企業更容易開辦，保護社區內的歷史性排屋，並提升氣候韌性。
這50年來首次變動的全市商業招牌新分區法規，將為小企業節省時間及金錢。
波士頓計劃局表示，這次的新法規，採用「因地制宜」的差別化分區管理辦法，主要調整的內容與運作機制如下：
• 小企業與招牌區（全市性放寬）：打破過去「每件招牌皆須人工設計審查」的繁瑣制度。除具重大公眾視覺衝擊的特殊大型招牌外，多數一般招牌免經審查，可直接申請許可證，為商家免去動輒數月的漫長審查排隊。
• 華埠商業核心區（放寬限制）：降低門檻，大幅簡化小企業開業與店面翻修的行政程序，並持續容納極具需求的新型住宅。
• 歷史排屋保護區（加嚴限制）：與商業區相反，此區採取更嚴格的開發限制（包括管制樓宇高度與發展密度）以抑制過度改建，藉此對抗財團炒作，維持新移民立足空間、可負擔住宅與華人文化主體性。
• 機構專用區（全新劃定）：引進全新全市性分區，明確劃定並覆蓋塔夫茨大學（Tufts University）與塔夫茨醫療中心，將大型法人機構與一般居民社區的土地利用進行明確區隔。
波士頓市計劃長沈其樂（Kairos Shen）指出，新法能為小企業省時省錢；亞美社區發展協會（ACDC）行政主任劉安琪（Angie Liou）肯定新法歷經廣泛社區溝通，在排屋保護區和商業中心為勞工家庭與商家提供了實質屏障。
波士頓是計劃局表示，這項歷史性的分區法修訂是延續波士頓市府於2025年9月所通過的「PLAN: Downtown」市中心總體戰略規劃，深度融入了過去兩年來所收集的在地社區意見後，在「現代商業去管制化」與「歷史文化保全」之間取得關鍵平衡。
ZONING COMMISSION ADOPTS NEW ZONING FOR CHINATOWN, UPDATES TO CITY SIGN CODE
BOSTON - June 17, 2026 - The Zoning Commission today adopted new zoning for the Chinatown neighborhood, as well as comprehensive new zoning for signs in the City of Boston. The new zoning for Chinatown will make it easier for people to open small businesses, protect the historical row houses in the neighborhood, and improve the climate resilience of the neighborhood. New citywide zoning for commercial signs, the first changes to the code in 50 years, will save small businesses time and money.
“New zoning, both for Chinatown, and for commercial signage citywide, is a win for small businesses,” said Chief of Planning Kairos Shen. “Updating zoning in Chinatown will make it easier to open small businesses, and modernizing our sign regulations will save small businesses time and money by eliminating long review wait times. In addition, the new zoning in Chinatown will protect its historic row houses, while also reinforcing the need for new types of housing in other parts of the neighborhood.”
This updated zoning for Chinatown is informed by the feedback Planning staff heard over the last two years about the cultural identity of Chinatown and how best to preserve it, including Chinatown’s ability to support new immigrants, and to provide affordable housing and commercial spaces. Zoning in the commercial heart of Chinatown will make it easier for small businesses to open and to renovate, as well as continue to allow for much-needed housing in the area.
In the area of the neighborhood with historic row houses, the zoning will be more restrictive to discourage redevelopment. The zoning also includes new citywide districts for institutional uses, mapped to cover Tufts University and Tufts Medical Center. The rezoning process for Chinatown is part of the larger comprehensive strategy for PLAN: Downtown, which was adopted in September of 2025.
“After an extensive community process, I believe the resulting Chinatown Rezoning will provide better protections for working families and small businesses, particularly in the newly created rowhouse zones and the commercial center of Chinatown,” said Executive Director of the Asian Community Development Corporation Angie Liou. “We look forward to the City implementing the new zoning amendments and holding development proposals to the new zoning.”
For the first time in more than 50 years, Planning advanced comprehensive new zoning for signs in the City of Boston. This new zoning will make the process for small businesses to put up signage more simple by setting clear rules for signs, streamlining the process, and eliminating unnecessary review wait times. Currently, every individual sign in the city must go through a design review process with Planning Department staff, which contributes to significant wait times. These proposed zoning updates will allow most signs to be permitted without review, with the exception of special, larger signs that could have large, visual impacts to the public realm.
"As someone who is constantly pulling permits for signage all around Boston, the current process is beyond frustrating and a permit can sometimes take months to get," said Owner of CRG Graphics Craig Murphy. "I am excited about the updated zoning and look forward to using the new process. I believe it will resolve many of the issues I have been dealing with as a small business owner."
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