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Zoning Bulletin December 10, 2010 I Volume 4 I No. 23 See also: Alley v. Building Inspector of Danvers, 354 Mass. 6, 234 N.E.2d 879 (1968). See also: Planning Bd. of Nantucket v. Board of Appeals of Nantuck- et, 15 Mass. App. Ct. 733, 448 N.E.2d 778 (1983). See also: Murphy v. Kotlik, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 410, 611 N.E.2d 741 (1993). Zoning News from Around the Nation CONNECTICUT At a recent town meeting, Salisbury residents narrowly voted to reject a proposed ordinance that would have allowed the town's Planning and Zoning Commission to impose fines of $150 per day for violation of the zoning regulations. Source: Litchfield County Times; www.countytimes.com MASSACHUSETTS The town of Dedham is considering a new "adult use" zoning dis- trict. The zoning district would "allow strip clubs and stores selling sex toys and X -rated materials." Source: Boston Globe; www.boston.com On November 2, Massachusetts voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have repealed the state's main affordable housing law — Chapter 40B. The law gives developers in communities where less than 10% of the housing stock is "affordable" a more - streamlined permitting process to build multi -unit housing developments, as long as a percentage of the units are .affordable. Repeal supporters "had argued that the law helps produce affordable housing but forces the growth of mostly high density, market -rate housing and that it de- stroys open space and stretches local infrastructure and services." Those who support the law and opposed the initiative to repeal it claim it is "the single most effective tool for creating affordable hous- ing for the seniors and working families." Source: State House News Service; www.wickedlocal.com MICHIGAN The City of Hazel Park is being sued in U.S. District Court by Sal- vation Temple Church. The church alleges that a 2005 city zoning ordinance "knowingly excluded any new religious institution from © 2010 Thomson Reuters 11