[MassHistPres] Turning an old house into an "auxiliary apartment" and adding a new house to the lot

[dgkalman4 at cs.com]

Is it possible to change the zoning of the land to allow for the property to be considered freestanding condos rather than single family homes?

David Kelman
Keller Williams Realty
617 388 0793



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From: Marisa Morra <marisa-ah at comcast.net>
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Sent: Mon, Jul 22, 2013 12:53 pm
Subject: [MassHistPres] Turning an old house into an "auxiliary apartment" and adding a new house to the lot


Hi All,
e here in Weston have a proposal in front of us that I wondered if anyone has 
ealt with before.  We have an owner who has a 2+ acre lot that is long and 
arrow, hence non-conformong, with a c. 1860 house and barn & a c. 1910 stone 
arriage house.  The lot did not proof out as a flexible subdivision to be 
ivided as they wanted, so now they are applying to take the 5 bedroom house- 
emove 3 bedrooms, and have it count as an auxiliary apartment, and build a big 
ew house on the same lot. The building inspector has told them that this is 
heoretically possible, but would need many variances. We on the Weston Historic 
ommission are horrified, but have already imposed a 6 month delay, and this 
ouse is not in a "district" . We feel this would set a bad precedent for houses 
nd lots in the same situation, of which there are many in Weston.  
as anyone ever had this "auxiliary apartment" scenario  presented to them?   
Any thoughts on how to deal with it, once our demo delay time frame has expired?
Thank You,
arisa Morra
o-Chair, Weston Historic Commission
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