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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3927 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2061 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Carlos González |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to the permitting and construction of accessory dwelling units. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Carlos González10th Hampden1/18/2023Bud L. Williams11th Hampden1/20/2023Carol A. Doherty3rd Bristol1/31/2023Patrick Joseph Kearney4th Plymouth2/16/2023James C. Arena-DeRosa8th Middlesex2/22/2023Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk2/22/2023Susan Williams Gifford2nd Plymouth2/23/2023Joseph D. McKenna18th Worcester2/23/2023Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol2/23/2023Aaron L. Saunders7th Hampden2/27/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3927 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2061 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative González of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2061) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Carlos González and others relative to the permitting and construction of accessory dwelling |
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| 20 | 20 | | units. Municipalities and Regional Government. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to the permitting and construction of accessory dwelling units. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 3 of chapter 40A of the General Laws, is hereby amended by |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2adding the following paragraph:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 No charter provision, zoning ordinance, by-law or any rule or regulation, in any city or |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4town shall prohibit, or require a special permit for, permitting or construction by attaching to, |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5constructing within, or constructing upon a single family residence, parcel or lot, that is occupied |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6by the owner, an accessory dwelling unit as defined in section 1A. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 SECTION 2. The fifth paragraph of section 5 of said chapter 40A, is hereby amended by |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8striking out clauses (1) and (2) and inserting in place thereof the following 2 clauses:- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 (1) an amendment to a zoning ordinance or by-law to allow any of the following as of |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10right: (a) multifamily housing or mixed-use development in an eligible location; or (b) open- |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11space residential development; 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12 (2) an amendment to a zoning ordinance or by-law to allow by special permit: (a) multi- |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13family housing or mixed-use development in an eligible location; (b) an increase in the |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14permissible density of population or intensity of a particular use in a proposed multi-family or |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15mixed use development pursuant to section 9; or (c) a diminution in the amount of parking |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16required for residential or mixed-use development pursuant to section 9;. |
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