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Planning Board asks legal counsel to clarify ADU law and directs town to audit affordable‑housing inventory
Summary
The Planning Board voted to ask town legal counsel to review state ADU guidance and clarify whether accessory dwelling units can be applied to multifamily properties, and asked the town administrator to reconcile discrepancies in the state affordable‑housing inventory.
The Town of Blackstone Planning Board voted to ask the town’s legal counsel to review state accessory dwelling‑unit (ADU) law and to advise whether the statute permits ADUs on multifamily properties or is limited to single‑family houses; the board also asked the town administrator to audit and update the municipal affordable‑housing inventory submitted to state records.
Chair Paul raised concerns after seeing an ADU application come in through the town’s OpenGov intake system that appeared to the chair to involve a multiunit property. The chair told the meeting he…
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