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Select Board backs ADU bylaw aligned with state law; 900‑sq‑ft cap noted
Summary
The board voted to support the planning board’s revised accessory dwelling unit (ADU) bylaw, which implements the state Affordable Homes Act’s protected‑use ADU rules and sets the statutory 900‑square‑foot cap.
The Sudbury Select Board voted to support a revised accessory dwelling unit bylaw that planners drafted to follow the Commonwealth’s Affordable Homes Act.
Planning Director Adam Burney told the board the state law, signed in 2024 and effective in early 2025, makes ADUs a protected use so long as they meet the statute’s size limits. Burney said the planning board’s replacement bylaw “put some very minimal guardrails, but tried to retain some of the flavor of the residential areas in Sudbury.”
The proposed local language follows the state statute in treating ADUs as allowable by right up…
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