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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1577 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4021 |
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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 | | Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. |
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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 municipal housing requirements. |
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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:Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.12th Hampden1/15/2025Carole A. Fiola6th Bristol3/31/2025Bud L. Williams11th Hampden4/1/2025Rodney M. Elliott16th Middlesex4/8/2025Michelle L. Badger1st Plymouth4/8/2025Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol4/8/2025Orlando Ramos9th Hampden4/9/2025 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1577 FILED ON: 1/15/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 4021 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Puppolo of Springfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4021) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr., and others relative to municipal housing zoning requirements. |
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| 20 | 20 | | 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-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act relative to municipal housing requirements. |
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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. The first sentence of the fifth paragraph of section 3 of chapter 40A of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2General Laws, as appearing in section 8 of chapter 150 of the acts of 2024, is hereby amended by |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3striking out the word “No” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- In a municipality |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4in which low or moderate income housing, as defined in section 20 of chapter 40B, does not |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5exceed 10 per cent of the housing units reported in the last federal decennial census of the city or |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6town, no. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 SECTION 2. Said fifth paragraph of said section 3 of said chapter 40A, as so appearing, |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8is hereby further amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9following 2 sentences:- A municipality may decide whether the use of land or structures for an |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10accessory dwelling unit under this paragraph shall require owner occupancy of either the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11accessory dwelling unit or the principal dwelling. A municipality may decide how many |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12additional parking spaces, if any, shall be required for an accessory dwelling unit. |
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