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Planning staff urges caution on state draft seasonal‑communities rules that could affect tiny houses and undersized lots
Summary
Planning staff asked the board to send comments on the EOHLC draft seasonal communities regulations, warning unclear definitions on tiny houses and ‘undersized lots’ could create unintended zoning impacts on thousands of parcels and recommending more guardrails before the rules are finalized.
Planning Department representative Meg Trudell told the Planning Board on Monday that draft regulations released by the Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities (EOHLC) for so‑called “seasonal communities” contain provisions that could affect local zoning, tiny‑house definitions and the treatment of undersized lots.
Trudell said the draft includes two zoning‑relevant components: a 400‑square‑foot definition of a “tiny house” (the town currently defines tiny houses at 500 square feet and allows movable units) and provisions related to “residential uses…
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