Homeowners can save time with city’s new pre-approved accessory dwelling plans – The City of Paso Robles has launched a ...

One of the nearly 50 provisions of the $5.16 billion Affordable Homes Act approved by the legislature and signed into law by Gov. Maura T. Healey this summer, supersedes local zoning in all cities and ...

the city allows some exemptions to the height limit to accommodate rules requiring a higher elevation for the ground floor in these areas. But the city does not extend this to accessory dwelling ...

Tiny homes, in-law apartments and other sub-separate living structures, known as accessory dwelling units, will be allowed by right in Massachusetts as of Feb. 2. The Affordable Homes Act, passed in ...

meaning any proposed accessory dwelling units would go under a site plan and design review for zoning compliance, but it would not need a special permit or extra approval. It also prevents ...

And it faulted the city’s ordinance for counting covered parking in its calculation of the accessory dwelling unit’s square footage. “Covered parking should not count toward the total floor ...