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From our own Cassie Witthaus in the September 5th edition of the Winthrop Transcript
On 3A Compliance
Dear Editor,
Complying with the 3A zoning law will have no negative impact on our community, while refusing to comply will lose us access to millions of dollars of grant funding that we desperately need and bring lawsuits from the state, which will cost our community more money.
People have said it allows/requires unlimited bedrooms, which is correct, but avoids the nuance of other building requirements such as: meeting building code requirements for bedroom size, overall minimum interior space per occupant, and building features required in a bedroom. Specifically, building code requires a bedroom(and any habitable space besides kitchens–this would also include living rooms or dining rooms) to be no less than 70 square feet. The width of the room must be at least 7 ft minimum. If there are to be 2 occupants per bedroom, 50 sq ft per occupant is required, increasing the minimum size to 100 sq ft.
Read the full letter here…
Cassie Witthaus, Precinct 6