<div dir="ltr"><div>Same-- our accessory setbacks are 12 to the side and 20 to the rear, which is what we're using for ADUs. For all other setbacks, we're defaulting to the principal dwelling setbacks, as our accessory structure bylaw doesn't clarify the others (except the front setback, which is stricter in accessory structures than in principal dwellings--- so I'm using the less strict of the two in every case).</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#0b5394"><span>Maria De La Fuente</span><br><span>Medfield Director of Land Use and Planning</span><br><span>459 Main Street</span><br><span>Medfield, MA 02052</span><br><span>(508) 906-3027</span><br><a href="mailto:sraposa@medfield.net" target="_blank">mdelafuente@medfield.net</a><span> </span></font><br></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Feb 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM Michael McCarthy 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-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-4500229381676597959">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Hi Chris,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">We are proposing to use the accessory structure setbacks and height restrictions. That’s a foot and half in the rear and 6 ft on the side. If a detached ADU is in the side yard,
it also has to be setback 5 ft from the façade of the principle dwelling.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Mike McCarthy<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt"> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Ryan, Christopher via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, February 28, 2025 8:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Mass Planners' <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [Massplanners] Specific ADU Question<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:1pt;color:white">Happy Friday Planners We have our Special Town Meeting on Monday related to the ADU law and some Planning Board members and a wider swath of the public are still
not happy with using current accessory building setbacks to allow for new ADUs<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Happy Friday Planners<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">We have our Special Town Meeting on Monday related to the ADU law and some Planning Board members and a wider swath of the public are still not happy with using current accessory building setbacks to allow
for new ADUs and conversions. They want us to use the setbacks for the principal buildings and frankly some of those setbacks are 30’ or more in the rear.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Not only would that effectively nullify the opportunity to site such units in these areas but, IMPO, would also likely run afoul of EOHLC and the AG.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Can you let me know if your provisions, if you have them, also use accessory building setbacks for new ADUs and what that setback is?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Thanks in advance and hope you will have a good weekend.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Best,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt">Chris R.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:11pt">Christopher J. Ryan, AICP<u></u><u></u></span></i></b></p>
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