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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>So, let’s take this a bit further, Dennis “allows” two-family by-right. Sorta Kinda. Our zoning requires 40,000 sf per dwelling unit. So, a by-right one-family structure requires 40,000 sf, but if you have 80,000 sf you can build a two-family. I hardly view this as providing for the missing middle housing.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Are the communities that have responded so far looking at two-family homes being allowed by-right on lots that meet the same requirements as a single family home?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks in advance!</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dan Fortier</p><p class=MsoNormal>Retired</p><p class=MsoNormal>Interim Dennis Planner</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">Cathy Perry via MassPlanners</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, July 6, 2022 4:38 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>[Massplanners] Zoning amendments for 2-family houses etc.</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bedford would be interested in hearing from any towns that have amended their zoning to make it easier to build 2-family houses in traditionally (or most recently) single family districts. This might mean allowing them where they've been prohibited or reducing the restrictions/ conditions that apply. The only one I'm aware of is Concord.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Also we're interested in examples of towns that have reverted to earlier denser zoning for residential areas that have mainly non-conforming lots.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Catherine Perry AICP<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Assistant Planner<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Town of Bedford<o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=ms-outlook-mobile-signature><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal>Get <a href="https://aka.ms/o0ukef">Outlook for iOS</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>