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Housing Zoning Wbrlcing Group
(Subcommittee of the Planning Board)
Meeting Minutes
August 14, 2024
Meeting Held in Person in Planning Depm9ment Conference Room
Present: Mark Corsillo and James Turnbull, Associate
Sarah Raposa, Director of Planning & Development
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Accessory Dwelling Units
- Do we want to put ADUs on fall town meeting or do we want to wait for state guidance?
o write a draft bylaw and publish in January for Feb public hearing
o draft bylaw is in effect unless/until it's voted down at Town Meeting
o require Site Plan Approval to ensure that ADUs are meeting certain minimum
requirements
- JT doesn't want to put huge limitations on it because a lot of the community supports it
- SR agrees, and thinks there will be a lot of opportunities
- MC agrees with putting something in place to start just to ensure people aren't dropping
Home Depot sheds in their backyards
- JT: we want to keep it affordable but we can review it for typical setbacks, size, etc.
- JT asked if there's a new definition of ADU in the statute; SR said we have a current
definition in the bylaw for Dwelling Unit but not ADU; amend accessory apartments as
a special use but we have a framework to start from
- JT suggests allowing administrative approval for some situations; SR explained that the
current SPA process allows for administrative approval in certain cases. Discussed some
parameters that may make sense for administrative approval to help lessen the burden
for applicants as well as the board/department.
- MC: do we have concerns about people clearing trees to start putting in ADUs? SR: that
would probably be a different bylaw, but at this size for ADUs, it's probably not a huge
concern.
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- SR to put framework together for review at next workgroup meeting, and see when
there will be guidance from the Commonwealth and what that will entail
40Y - starter home district
- some guidance from the state on what a starter home is
- draft template from Laura Snead
- we need to identify sites and how we want to do an overlay
- GIS made maps showing lots 5+ or 10+ acres; SR sees these as most likely for little
subdivisions
- 20 developable/potentially developable parcels on 5+ acres map
- 10 on 10+ acres map
- starter home district allows zoning bylaw that creates individual lots through zoning
rather than subdivision; at least 50% of homes must have 3+ bedrooms; at least 10%
must be affordable under state guidelines; as -of -right, so no Special Permit but allows
for site plan approval; 4 starter homes per acre (10k sqft lots) but can theoretically allow
more
- MC discussed ways to incentivize keeping existing starter homes as starter homes rather
than adding onto them and making them no longer starter homes, or knocking them
down and building larger homes on the lot
- out of scope of current discussions but may be something to talk about eventually
- meet again 8/27 @ 9am
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The meeting adjourned at 9:50 am.
The date o the next Housing Zoning Waking Group ma. meeting is August 27, 2024 at 9:00 in.
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