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<p class="MsoNormal">Once again, hit reply all, and the MassPlanners email disappeared.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dennis Planning Department<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Dan Fortier <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 6, 2022 3:48 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Alan Pease <master471@gmail.com>; Paul Dell'Aquila <psdplans@gmail.com><br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: [Massplanners] Glamping question<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I was going to respond almost the same way, with a few cautions. You might also want to check in with Falmouth as I believe they had one open this year.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now the caution. Campgrounds seem to have a bit of the wild west to them. Especially the larger they are. The Dennis Cottage Colonies started mostly as trailer campgrounds during the depression. Eventually, in the 40’s they turned to tents.
The tents became more extravagant after WWII with wood frames and army tents connected to them, some with multiple “rooms”. Eventually the canvas got replaced with boards, and the cottage colonies has arrived.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You might say that, with modern building codes this cannot happen today. Wrong, during the early 2000’s we had an enforcement action against one of our RV Campgrounds. They started with building, without permits, wood deck attachments.
These decks become enclosed wood rooms complete with electricity. Then, as some of the RV’s had become immovable objects (tire rot etc as they never moved) the roofs started to leak and the RV owners built structures around the RV, complete with exhaust pipe
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<p class="MsoNormal">As glamping seems to involve structures, at least for the platforms, and often frames that canvas is attached to, you should ensure that their approval includes annual inspections by the Building, Health, Fire and other Code Enforcement
entities to ensure that the sites do not change over time.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Not really sure how this is accessory to an existing agricultural use, and will probably very quickly exceed 50% of generated income, so you may need to set other limits if you do consider it to be accessory to an agricultural use. My two
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<p class="MsoNormal">Daniel J. Fortier, AICP<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Town Planner<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Dennis Planning Department<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Phone 508-760-6119<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Alan Pease via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 6, 2022 3:03 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Paul Dell'Aquila <<a href="mailto:psdplans@gmail.com">psdplans@gmail.com</a>>;
<a href="mailto:MassPlanners@masscptc.org">MassPlanners@masscptc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Massplanners] Glamping question<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Glamping is just another word for camping. Ashby allows the use campground by special permit. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jan 6, 2022, 8:56 AM Paul Dell'Aquila via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We have a riding stable in town that wants to install a "glamping" site on a 40-acre parcel as an accessory to the existing agricultural use. Have any other communities allowed this type of use? If so, how was it permitted?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Paul Dell'Aquila<o:p></o:p></p>
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