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<p class="MsoNormal">I am looking to see how other communities define “family” in their zoning regulations. Specifally looking to see how other communities regulate unrelated individuals (e.g. no more than 4-unrelated can live together). If you can cite the
direct section of code in your zoning, that would be helpful. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Second, for college communities, how have you tackled the issue around off-campus student housing/students living off-campus? There is a lot of literature on this topic within the planning world, especially with how it related to the issue
around defining what is a family. Curious to hear how communities in MA have approached this.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Andrew Graminski </span></b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">(He/Him) </span></i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#201F1E;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="color:#538135">City of Somerville</span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#404040;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in">Office of Strategic Planning & Community Development – Planning, Preservation, and Zoning Division </span><span style="color:black"> </span><span style="color:#201F1E"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><i><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:#201F1E">Got questions about planning, preservation, or zoning in the City of Somerville? Use our frequently asked questions application at </span></i></b><b><i><span style="color:black;background:white"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/Plan11" target="_blank"><span style="color:#ED5C57">https://tinyurl.com/Plan11</span></a></span></i></b><b><i><span style="color:#ED5C57;background:white">,
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