Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Common house permitting and Cities...

[Lyle Scheer (wonko]

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Laura Fitch wrote:
> Lyle,
> 
> How many units are you planning for? 

It's a 13 unit development.  Does that make a difference for us?  We had
already planned a handicapped bathroom and ramp access on the main
floor, but there is no shower in that bathroom and the City is
indicating that if there is a shower, at least one must be ADA (even
though it's on the second floor)  We joked about putting in an outdoor
shower with a rail and bench on the wall in our building committee.

Your comments on the kitchen are very helpful.

> The Massachusetts Access Board has ruled that we did not have to make 
> basement and second floor space accessible IF its use was limited to 
> residents only (and all the units were for sale, not rent).  Once you start 
> locating recreation rooms and other spaces that will draw friends in, then 
> the definition of "residents only" gets blurry.

Good to know.  Our kids room is on the 1st floor.  We've got 2 rooms and
a bathroom upstairs, with no set designation, though we hope to use
those as a guest room and a multi-purpose (empty) room.

- - Lyle
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