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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello MassPlanners, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">Can anyone confirm if the ADU legislation in the Housing Bond Bill takes effect in February 2025 or if it is in effect upon the Governor’s signing? I am seeing that Section 143 of the law
(Chapter 150 of the Acts of 2024) states that Section 8 (which amends c. 40A §3 to allow ADU by right) “shall take effect 180 days after the effective date of this act.”
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<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">I know that Section 7, the definition of “Accessory dwelling unit,” takes effect immediately.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Fiona Coughlan, AICP<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Town of Grafton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">508-839-5335 x 1402<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222">Website: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.grafton-2Dma.gov_&d=DwMFaQ&c=euGZstcaTDllvimEN8b7jXrwqOf-v5A_CdpgnVfiiMM&r=aWpJuYIYLyO12_duLKvVAVdhjVu23gb2hG6o6S56IDo&m=d2-iJNoUND6uJwWUCjWHqYjn-bN_LuLlkfDeuvDXeW4&s=RBwm97Mqrrs5dPqghEnr7uLTu34WDRSMMNVy41gftKA&e=" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:blue;mso-ligatures:none">Grafton-ma.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of Grafton, MA</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#222222"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual">MUNICIPAL CENTER HOURS</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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under the Massachusetts Public Records Law (M.G.L. Chapter 66, Section 10) and the Federal Freedom of Information Act.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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