But the brothers sold it anyway and the new owners occupied the first two floors.
Rooms can be placed in the hotel's optional rental program when the owners are not occupying them, she said.
It also makes parking requirements more liberal and allows owners to occupy the apartment rather than the main house.
It is likely that the original owner, William Moss, occupied the first floor and let out the second.
Houses that owners occupy the rest of the year will be heated if heat is needed.
Two out of every three private dwellings in the neighbourhood are owner occupied.
Under current regulations, only the owners of buildings can occupy them.
The owners would occupy one apartment and rent out the rest of the town house.
Although the house was bought by the town several years ago, the previous owner occupied the building until the early 1990's.
The owner occupies the ground floor and her son and his family the second, neighbors said.