[Massplanners] Specific ADU Question

[Anne Capra]

Chris,
That's how I read the regs as well - principal or accessory use setbacks,
whichever is lesser. That is what South Hadley is putting forward too.
Anne

On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM Ryan, Christopher via MassPlanners <
massplanners at masscptc.org> wrote:

> Happy Friday Planners
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> We have our Special Town Meeting on Monday related to the ADU law and some
> Planning Board members and a wider swath of the public are still not happy
> with using current accessory building setbacks to allow for new ADUs and
> conversions. They want us to use the setbacks for the principal buildings
> and frankly some of those setbacks are 30’ or more in the rear.
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> Not only would that effectively nullify the opportunity to site such units
> in these areas but, IMPO, would also likely run afoul of EOHLC and the AG.
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> Can you let me know if your provisions, if you have them, also use
> accessory building setbacks for new ADUs and what that setback is?
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> Thanks in advance and hope you will have a good weekend.
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> Best,
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> Chris R.
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