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Secondary point, but covenant to limit bedrooms as part of subdivision approval does not violate G.L. c. 40A, s. 3; that provision of s. 3 applies only to zoning bylaws/ordinances, not to regulations that are part of other statutory schemes such as Subdivision
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 2, 2021 2:45 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Douglas Finn <dfinn@edgartown-ma.us><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Mass Planners <massplanners@masscptc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Change to a 30-year-old Subdivision Covenant</font>
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<div dir="ltr">Doug: Chapter 41, Section 81W states:
<div><span style="color:rgb(51,51,51); font-family:Raleway,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px"><i>All of the provisions of the subdivision control law relating to the submission and approval of a plan of a subdivision shall, so far as apt, be applicable
to the approval of the modification, amendment or rescission of such approval and to a plan which has been changed under this section.</i></span></div>
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<div><font color="#333333" face="Raleway, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14px">The planning board has to go through the full definitive subdivision process.</span></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="x_gmail_attr">On Thu, Dec 2, 2021 at 1:23 PM Douglas Finn via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Hey MassPlanners - <br>
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Looking to confirm some procedural requirements . Here's the scoop:<br>
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- Subdivision approved in 1988. A covenant limiting the bedroom count on specific lots in the subdivision was recorded as a condition of approval, at the request of the Board of Health.<br>
- MGL 40A Sec. 3 para 2 ("No zoning ordinance or by-law shall regulate or restrict the interior area of a single family residential building...") suggests that such a covenant might be unenforceable (has this been tested?)<br>
- Our current Board of Health expresses no opinion about the covenant one way or the other.</div>
<div dir="ltr">- The current owner of the property is requesting the removal of the restriction on bedroom count.<br>
- The Board would vote to support the modification to the covenant.<br>
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Public hearing with notice to abutters? Or simple vote at a regular meeting?</div>
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<div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Thanks,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">
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<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">- Doug.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">
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<div dir="ltr">Douglas Finn, Assistant<br>
Edgartown Planning Board
<div>70 Main Street, PO Box 5130<br>
Edgartown, MA 02539</div>
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