Bill Text: MA H1194 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Accessory apartments
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 9/15 at 10:30 AM in Gardner Auditorium [H1194 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H1194-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
James Cantwell, Garrett J. Bradley
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to accessory apartments.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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James Cantwell |
4th Plymouth |
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Garrett J. Bradley |
3rd Plymouth |
[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS
SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 1257 OF 2007-2008.]
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act relative to accessory apartments.
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law, or regulation to the contrary, a municipality that adopts a zoning ordinance or by-law to allow the construction of accessory apartments shall be permitted to count accessory apartment units toward that municipality’s subsidized housing inventory so long as the occupant meets the income-eligibility standards determined by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development; and provided further that evidence of income verification is provided to the department of housing and community development upon issuance of a building permit for the accessory apartment and annually thereafter; and provided further that said accessory apartments shall not be required to be subject to the provisions of the affirmative marketing plan, including the prohibition against renting to family members and relatives; and provided further that accessory apartments shall not be subject to deed restrictions.
For the purposes of this section, an accessory apartment shall be defined as an additional, separate, but connected dwelling unit, which contains facilities for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation, that has been constructed onto an owner-occupied single-family home.
