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Planning Board unanimously amends zoning bylaw definition

Planning Board unanimously amends zoning definition, addresses housing shortage. The Dennis Planning Board unanimously amended the zoning bylaw's definition of "year-round" occupancy by distinguishing Year-Round Ownership Units from Year-Round Rental Units in an 8-0-0 vote, with Town Planner Paul

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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board orders compliance review for contested Main Street venue

Dennis Planning Board directs compliance with all permit conditions at 645 Main Street entertainment venue. The seasonal outdoor entertainment garden, which opened July 3, has generated complaints from 11 residents and abutters about excessive noise audible up to a half-mile away, permit violations

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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board backs park design, housing bylaw amendments

Dennis Planning Board unanimously backs affordable housing bylaw, park design. The board recommended Section 4.9 Zoning Bylaw amendments to October 6 Special Town Meeting, clarifying provisions for affordable housing, updating agency names, adding definitions, and requiring year-round occupancy for

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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board continues affordable housing bylaw to June joint meeting

Planning Board defers affordable housing bylaw to joint June meeting. Vice Chair Liz Patterson and Board Members Rick Hamlin, Sally Bickford, Kyle Pedicini, and Michael McGee, along with Chair Jeff Eldridge via Zoom, voted unanimously to continue the public hearing on Section 4.9 amendments to June

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Government · Planning Board

Planning Board approves cedar tree removal at Scarsdale Road

Planning Board approves cedar tree removal at Scarsdale Road with neighbor agreement. The board voted 5-0-1 to allow removal of two Eastern Red Cedar trees at 46 Scarsdale Road, down from an initial application for five trees, after neighbors reached agreement on the revised plan and the Water

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