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Couple suggestions, Dennis allows, by Special Permit additions of rental units in residential and commercial structures using Chapter 40A Section 9's affordable housing provisions. This has been used as an amnesty program as much as for creation of actual units.
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4.9.3.4 Affordable Housing Apartment Accessory to Residential Use
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<div dir="auto">4.9.3.4.2 An Affordable Housing Apartment accessory to an existing residential use may only be
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<div dir="auto">accessory structure, as that term is defined under Section 5 of the Zoning By-law. The
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<div dir="auto">4.9.3.4.3 An Affordable Housing Apartment accessory to a residential use shall not be allowed
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<div dir="auto">4.9.3.4.4 Affordable Housing Apartments accessory to residential uses shall be considered an
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<div dir="auto">Housing Apartments are never divided by ownership from the principal structure. A
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<a href="http://barnstable-ma.elaws.us/code/coor_pti_ch9_artii_sec9-14">http://barnstable-ma.elaws.us/code/coor_pti_ch9_artii_sec9-14</a>). <br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 13, 2024 4:06:02 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> massplanners@masscptc.org <massplanners@masscptc.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Massplanners] Legalizing illegal (but tax-paying) 2 and 3-family uses</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">Here in Revere, we have dozens of illegal 2 and 3-family housing units. As I’m sure is the case elsewhere, historically property owners added units onto their properties without receiving any permits, thus changing the structure’s use.
Now when our building inspectors inspect these units, many property owners are surprised—some legitimately, others I’m sure with Oscar-worthy performances--that these additional units, often built before they owned them, were never legally converted. What’s
more, most if not all have been taxed according to this illegal use for decades.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">In the interest of wiping the slate clean and moving forward, we want to legalize these legally-taxed-but-technically-illegal units. Do any other communities have experience doing something similar? I didn’t want to reinvent the wheel
if others have good policy solutions… thanks in advance! </p>
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<a href="mailto:tskwierawski@revere.org"><span style="color:blue">t</span><span style="color:blue">skwierawski@revere.org</span></a></span></p>
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