<div dir="ltr">Hey there - <br><br>I would consider adjoining <u style="font-weight:bold">parcels</u> in common ownership (regardless of the specifics of the deed, determine who controls the lot?) to be one <b><u>lot</u></b> for zoning purposes. <br><br>Legally, they remain two separate lots. Legally, they <i>could </i>be separately sold to separate owners. However, those two new lots would be substandard -- a self-created hardship.<br><br>To your question: the construction of the addition would (a) require a special permit, but (b) doesn't seem to create a new zoning violation -- provided that a special permit is issued under 3.4.3 of your zoning bylaw. It would not quash the "pre-existing/non-conforming" nature of the lot. You might suggest that the applicant,
as a condition approval of a special permit, record a perimeter ANR plan, which would legally create the one lot recognized by zoning....<br><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">Thanks,</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">- Doug.</span><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br clear="all" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">Douglas Finn, Assistant<br>Edgartown Planning Board<div>70 Main Street, PO Box 5130<br>Edgartown, MA 02539</div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">508-627-6170<br></span><a href="mailto:dfinn@edgartown-ma.us" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">dfinn@edgartown-ma.us</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Feb 2, 2022 at 1:39 PM Matthew Benoit via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Pre-existing non-conforming structure and lot, abuts a undeveloped pre-existing nonconforming lot. Both properties are under the same ownership, but are on two separate deeds. If common ownership law applies, both lots would create a
combined non-conforming lot anyway. Property owner wants to build a garage addition that would strattle the property line that currently divides the two lots. The question is: 1) Does common ownership law legally combine both lots even though they have two
separate deeds despite common ownership and/or 2) Does this structural expansion remove grandfathering rights thus requiring variances for setbacks etc.?<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you in advance for your comments!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Matthew C. Benoit, Notary Public<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Director of Community Development<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Douglas, MA 01516<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">508-476-4000 x206<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.douglas-ma.gov" target="_blank">www.douglas-ma.gov</a><u></u><u></u></p>
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