<div dir="auto"><div>And what if it's one of those ways where the abuttors own to the middle? Jeeze...</div><div><br></div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best,<br><br>Bill Fitzgerald</div></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 22, 2025, 3:44\u202fPM Edgartown Planning Board via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Julia - <br><br>"Common ownership" only applies (applied?) when there was a measurable boundary in common. There isn't in this case, correct?<br><br>From where I sit: The new law enacted as the "Affordable Homes Act" may supersede your local zoning - but without knowing more about the specifics, it's hard to judge. From <b><u><a href="https://www.nutter.com/trending-newsroom-publications-affordable-housing-provisions-residential-housing-construction" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">a summary</a></u></b>: " The new provision expressly allows construction of a single-family house on a commonly owned lot if the lot: (1) is located within a single-family zoning district; (2) conformed with zoning at the time of its creation; and (3) contains at least 10,000 square feet of area and 75 feet of frontage."<br><br>Does the 'non-conforming' lot meet that criteria?<br><br>YMMV.<div><br></div><div>- Doug.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 3:27\u202fPM Julia Gillis via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I\u2019m hoping to gather your expertise on a zoning matter: If two lots are under common ownership but separated by a street, are they considered merged for zoning purposes? If so, how should
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