<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>Amy; The citation to the Goldman case is:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/375/375mass197.html" target="_blank">GOLDMAN vs. TOWN OF DENNIS, 375 Mass. 197 (masscases.com)</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>You should also look at the following:</div><div><a href="http://masscases.com/cases/sjc/387/387mass351.html" target="_blank">CHR GENERAL, INC vs. CITY OF NEWTON, 387 Mass. 351 (masscases.com)</a><br></div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif">where the Supreme Judicial Court stated - <i>A "fundamental principle of zoning [is that] it deals basically with the use, without regard to the ownership, of the property involved or who may be the operator of the use."</i></span></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><font color="#000099" size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><br></font></div><div><font color="#000099" size="4" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Bob Mitchell FAICP</font></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> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 7:26 PM Amy Upton via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">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">
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<div dir="ltr">Hi, I am the Planning Board Admin in Tisbury, Ma. We have just written a new zoning bylaw for the purposes of managing fractional ownership in this Town. It will be on our warrant at Town Meeting. I will share the language of the proposed
bylaw with you all when I get in to the office today. If anyone can share the above referenced court case that would be much appreciated. Thanks, Amy Upton</div>
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<div dir="auto">Tom is correct, Goldman v Dennis is the court case to look up.
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<div dir="ltr">On Tue, Mar 14, 2023, 5:18 PM Thomas Bott via MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>My take is no. Zoning doesn’t do ownership that’s why we zone (or rather don’t zone) for multi family rather than condos. </div>
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Can zoning bylaws or ordinances restrict how many people "own" a particular property? <br>
In simplest terms: can towns or cities "zone out" fractional ownership (think: time-share condos)?
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<div>Is there case law that supports this?</div>
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