<div dir="ltr">Stephen: There is no statutory language related to this topic. If a town/city wants to make this its policy it should adopt specific language to this effect into its zoning bylaw/ordinance. Communities treat this topic differently. Some prohibit uses not listed in the bylaw, some towns assign the responsibility to the judgement of the building inspector, or maybe the zba, to allow the use in its most "related" category in the table of uses and I assume some towns have other provisions as to how they treat this situation.<div><br></div><div>It is up to each individual town to decide how it wants to deal with this situation and then adopt appropriate language into its bylaw.</div><div><br></div><div>Bob<br><div><br></div><div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,153);font-size:large">Bob Mitchell FAICP</span><br></div><div>Planning Consultant</div><div>Land Use, Planning, Zoning, & Training Programs</div><div>151 Tremont Street Suite 23A</div><div>Boston, MA 02111</div><div>617-512-9751 (c)<span></span><span></span></div><div><a href="mailto:MitchellFAICP@gmail.com" target="_blank">MitchellFAICP@gmail.com</a></div><div> <br></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Jan 30, 2023 at 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg8112108400827912772">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt">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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