Accessory dwelling units new regs would increase traffic
Feb. 16, 2021
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Below is an open letter to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
There are too many unanswered questions about your proposal to expand allowable accessory dwelling units to 1,200-square-feet and two bedrooms.
We should accommodate families with elderly parents, disabled children or household help, but allowing all single-family homeowners to add accessory dwelling units with two bedrooms is too broad.
We are expected to add deed-restricted “affordable housing” units and both proposals together would overburden on our town infrastructure for sewer capacity, traffic patterns and schools.
Please limit the ADU’s to family members or household help and have a maximum number of people per square foot or per bathroom, for example. As described by Mr. [Richard] Baldelli, [zoning enforcement officer] on Tuesday, your proposal could include housing for five, six or seven people, within the town’s “family definition.”