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Nantucket Board of Health approves variance allowing up to 19 bedrooms for proposed 55+ cottage community, with conditions

Nantucket Board of Health · February 20, 2026
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Summary

The Board approved a variance permitting up to 19 bedrooms (capped by unit count and age restriction) for a proposed 10‑building 55+ cottage community, requiring IA septic systems, a maximum of 12 dwelling units, walkthrough verification and elder‑housing restrictions. Vote recorded as 3–1 with an abstention noted.

The Nantucket Board of Health voted on Feb. 19 to approve a variance that allows a proposed 55‑and‑older cottage community to proceed with a bedroom cap of 19 across two lots, subject to multiple conditions intended to protect the island’s water resources.

The board’s motion — made by a member of the board and seconded — set the conditions to include a maximum of 12 dwelling units, a restriction that the development remain for elder housing (55+), walkthrough inspections by board staff to verify system installation and the use of the best available innovative/advanced (IA) septic systems at the…

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