{"AmendmentNumber":"142","ParentBillNumber":"S3178","Bill":null,"Sponsor":{"Id":"JBL0","Name":"Joan B. Lovely","Type":1,"Details":"https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/194/LegislativeMembers/JBL0","ResponseDate":"2026-07-20T09:40:04.993"},"Category":null,"Action":"Rejected","RollCall":[],"Title":"Express Prohibition Against Duplex-Specific Dimensional Penalties","Branch":"Senate","RedraftNumber":null,"IsFurther":false,"GeneralCourtNumber":194,"Text":"Ms. Lovely moves that the proposed new text be amended in section 43, by inserting after the word \"paragraph\", in line 510 the following sentences:- \"No zoning ordinance or by-law shall require, solely because a lot or structure contains a duplex, greater minimum lot area, lot width, frontage, yards, setbacks, open space, landscaped area, parking, loading area or separation between structures, or impose a lower maximum building height, floor area ratio, lot coverage or number of stories, than would apply to a single-family dwelling on the same lot. A duplex shall be subject to the dimensional requirements applicable to a single-family dwelling in the applicable zoning district unless a less restrictive requirement otherwise applies.\" \r\n"}