Planning staff warns state guidance needed before adopting tiny‑home rules; housing projects noted

Jul 7, 2025

Planning staff briefed the board on zoning bylaw work, urged caution on joining the state's seasonal communities program until "tiny houses" are defined, and listed several housing projects (Habitat, Sand Dollar, Dennis Veterans House, others) that could contribute toward the town's safe‑harbor housing numbers.

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Planning staff told the Dennis Planning Board July 7 that the town should await clearer state guidance before adopting rules to accommodate the Affordable Homes Act'linked "seasonal communities" program and its references to "tiny houses."

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