Grafton staff recommended requiring occupancy certificate before permitting accessory structures

Jun 11, 2025

Building Inspector Jason Katz recommended changing the town zoning code so accessory-structure permits are allowed only after a primary structure has an occupancy certificate and recommended that authority to revoke occupancy be delegated to the building inspector; the Plan Commission recommended the amendment for Board consideration.

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Building Inspector Jason Katz submitted a staff communication recommending an amendment to Title 9, Chapter 1 (Zoning) to require that accessory uses and structures be permitted only after an occupancy certificate has been issued for the primary structure. Katz said the current language allowed permitting while the principal structure was merely under construction and that the prior intent required an occupancy certificate.

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