<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">All-</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Yes, Lenox is in the throes of tightening up our Institutional Use bylaw and table, but this definition is holding so far.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Mark Smith</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Planning Board</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif;font-size:small">Town of Lenox</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 17, 2024 at 9:01 AM Michael McCarthy 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="msg-1393624686339976195">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Hi Stephen,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">First thing that comes to mind for me is a for-profit trade school, like MTTI or Devry. Our definition is
<i>“</i>Educational facilities not exempted from regulation by M.G.L.A. c. 40A, § 3.” I did a quick search and found most communities with definition are the same, but Lenox’s has examples: “Any educational use that is not exempt under G.L. c. 40A, § 3. Examples
include a trade or business school, or for-profit college or university.”<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Mike McCarthy<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Aptos,sans-serif">Asst. City Planner<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal"><b>From:</b> MassPlanners <<a href="mailto:massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners-bounces@masscptc.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephen Wallace via MassPlanners<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 17, 2024 8:37 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:massplanners@masscptc.org" target="_blank">massplanners@masscptc.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [Massplanners] non-exempt educational uses<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:1pt;color:white">Dear Hive Mind: In our zoning bylaw’s table of uses is something called “non-exempt educational uses”, yet we don’t have a definition for this use. Do any of your
zoning bylaws have a definition for what constitutes a<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:106%">Dear Hive Mind:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:106%">In our zoning bylaw’s table of uses is something called “non-exempt educational uses”, yet we don’t have a definition for this use.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:106%">Do any of your zoning bylaws have a definition for what constitutes a non-exempt educational use? Can you think of some examples of what would qualify as such?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;line-height:106%">Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);background:white">Stephen Wallace<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:106%;font-family:Helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(68,68,68);background:white">Phone: 978-422-8111, Extension 2320 <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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