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Needham committee weighs setback averaging and whether to keep garage‑setback rule
Summary
Members debated averaging front setbacks using nearby houses on the same side of the street and revisited the existing rule that garages must be set back farther than house fronts (commonly 25 ft for garages vs. 20 ft for houses). The group did not adopt a change and asked staff to refine language for clarity.
The committee returned to a recurring topic: how to measure front setbacks consistently and whether the separate garage setback (the current rule that garages be set back farther than the house) should remain.
Members generally favored calculating an average front setback from neighboring houses on the same side of the street — specifically,…
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