Amendment #171 to H4707

An Act Relative to Starter Homes

Representatives Flanagan of Dennis and Peake of Provincetown move to amend the bill in section 5, in lines 753-786, by striking out the words in their entirety and inserting in place thereof the following:

Section 32. As used in this section and section 33, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:-

"Affordable housing'', homeownership or rental housing which is restricted to occupancy by low or moderate income households of 1 or more persons and for which the sale price or rent is affordable consistent with funding sources.

“Attainable housing”, housing that is no more than 30 per cent of a person’s income as defined at 24 C.F.R. § 5.609.

“Executive office”, the executive office of housing and livable communities.

''Local chief executive officer'', in a city or town with a manager form of government, the manager of that municipality; in other cities, the mayor; and in other towns, the board of selectmen.

“Seasonal community”, a city or town characterized by significant seasonal fluctuations in population and employment related to seasonal-based tourism.

“Year-round housing”. housing for occupancy by persons or families who occupy either rental or other housing as their primary residence for not less than 11 months during any 1-year period.

Section 33. Adjacent lots under common ownership shall not be treated as a single lot, for local zoning purposes, if at the time of recording or endorsement conformed to then existing requirements of area, frontage, width, yard, or depth, where each such lot has at least ten thousand square feet of area and seventy-five feet of frontage and is located in a zoning district that allows for single-family residential use, provided that any single-family residential structure constructed on said lot not exceed 1,850 square feet of heated living area, shall contain not fewer than 3  bedrooms, and shall not be used as a seasonable home or short-term rental.

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An Act Relative to Starter Homes