<div dir="auto">Usually right in your by-law. If it not there, then you might want to add it. Not sure of any relevant case law other than when it is stated.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Dan Fortier. Retired </div><div dir="auto">Interim Dennis Town Planner </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 30, 2023, 11:02 AM Stephen Wallace via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">I’m not having any luck finding the legal citation that says that if a use is not specifically listed in your zoning bylaw’s table of uses, then it’s not allowed. Can you hip me to the legal citation for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Thanks a bunch. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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