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Originally Posted by RichCapeCod
After reading your post I called a member of the Truro Board of Selectmen (I live in Wellfleet). The selectman told me that indeed, there is an old by-law in Truro that limits the use of some places to three seasons. The board wants to change this by-law (to eliminate it) which they will attempt to do at the next Annual Town Meeting during the Spring (removal of a by-law requires a town vote). The selectman thinks they will be successful.
Frankly, I don't think the by-law would be enforceable in any case.
Rich
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Thanks so much for doing that Rich! Wow, that would be a really big deal if they changed the by-law. Actually they are REALLY strict about it there. I had said the same thing to my friend at first too: "well who on earth would know?" but she said it just ISN'T done. A seasonal cottage or condo is just NOT used during the restricted months, PERIOD. I think the town actually turns the water off or something like that. Plus, if it's in a complex (either a condo in an apartment building or a cottage in a colony, which 99% of them are) you'd have no choice anyways so..... it's a big thing there. I know they are really short on low income housing, and this would open up a lot of the seasonal inventory to the local market to use so, it would be a good thing I think!