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Petition for 40Y Starter-Home overlay at 49 Elm St. presented; board asks Planning to review affordability
Summary
Attorney Pamela Brown and consultant Lynne Sweet presented a petition to create a 40Y Starter Home Overlay District at 49 Elm St. The board voiced concerns about how proposed units would meet affordability requirements and asked the Planning Department for review.
Attorney Pamela Brown and consultant Lynne Sweet presented a petition asking the Select Board to place a 40Y Starter Home Overlay District warrant article on the Annual Town Meeting warrant for 49 Elm Street. The overlay would allow development of eight new starter-home units plus an existing farmhouse on roughly one acre, with units ranging from one to three bedrooms and a 1,850-square-foot size limit where applicable, under M.G.L. Chapter 40Y and Executive Office of Housing and Livable Communities regulations.
The board and petitioners engaged in a detailed discussion about the affordability mechanism for the units; board members asked how the proposed homes would meet affordability requirements given the anticipated price range. Planning Director Tony Fields told the board the Planning Board would take up the proposal and review details at its next meeting. The Select Board indicated it wanted feedback from the Planning Department before deciding whether to move the article forward on the warrant.
No vote to place the article on the warrant was recorded during this meeting; the matter remains pending Planning Board review and possible future Select Board action.
