HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3503        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1348

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Patrick Joseph Kearney

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act relative to detached accessory dwellings.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Patrick Joseph Kearney

4th Plymouth

1/20/2023

Susan Williams Gifford

2nd Plymouth

2/14/2023

David F. DeCoste

5th Plymouth

4/5/2023


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3503        FILED ON: 1/20/2023

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1348

By Representative Kearney of Scituate, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1348) of Patrick Joseph Kearney and Susan Williams Gifford relative to detached accessory dwellings knows as tiny homes.  Housing.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)

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An Act relative to detached accessory dwellings.

 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Section 94 of Chapter 143 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding at the end thereof the following paragraph:-

(s) To incorporate the International Code Council’s Appendix Q into the code of Massachusetts regulations, 780 CMR, for purposes of defining “tiny homes” and establishing requirements and standards for the construction of tiny homes, and to develop and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to administering and enforcing regulation of tiny homes.  Any Appendix Q provisions incorporated into the code of Massachusetts regulations shall be updated within 1 year of any revision to the International Residential Code for one and two family dwellings.