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Millis planning board recommends ADU bylaw amendments to appear on warrant
Summary
The Town of Millis Planning Board closed a public hearing on accessory dwelling unit (ADU) bylaw amendments and voted to recommend the revised warrant article to the select board and town meeting after state-required edits were made to match Massachusetts law.
The Town of Millis Planning Board voted Sept. 9 to recommend amendments to the town zoning bylaw governing accessory dwelling units, known as ADUs, and to forward the revised language as a warrant article for the upcoming town meeting.
The amendments update Millis’s ADU rules to conform with changes in state law. Richard Nichols, chair of the Planning Board, said the board used language provided by town counsel and then made a few local modifications before returning it to the state for review. "We had to change that to, single dwelling units," Nichols said while explaining one of the state-directed wording changes. The board closed the public hearing and recommended the revised article.
The revisions reflect edits from the state Attorney General’s office and the…
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