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Nantucket planning board-backed amendment would limit by-right subdivision windfalls from preexisting structures
Summary
The proposed zoning bylaw amendment 4181L would require special-permit review and deed restrictions when older lots with multiple preexisting structures are subdivided, aiming to prevent increased density and unnotified development, supporters told the Historic District Commission.
The Historic District Commission discussed a proposed zoning bylaw amendment, Article 4181L, that would change how lots with preexisting structures are treated when owners pursue subdivision.
Under current practice, multiple structures that predate the island's subdivision controls (adopted in 1955) can trigger a by-right subdivision that often carries retroactive allowances for increased ground cover or volume. Planning board representative Emily Molding told the commission that the planning board supports the article and that she had briefed the commission on technical edits recommended by town counsel.
The amendment would preserve the state law right to subdivide but require…
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