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May 10, 2018 I Volume 12 I Issue 9 Zoning Bulletin <br />this case from those cases, noting that, in those cases, the local zoning officers <br />and regulations treated each mobile home within the mobile home park as a <br />separate structure with separate compliance issues, while in this case the City <br />had argued that Oak Hill in its entirety as a mobile home park had exceeded its <br />nonconforming use and did not distinguish between the mobile home park in <br />its entirety and each individual mobile home for enforcement purposes. (See <br />e.g., Wiltzius v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Town of New Milford, 106 Conn. <br />App. 1, 940 A.2d 892, 910 (2008); Kosciusko County Bd. of Zoning Appeals v. <br />Smith, 724 N.E.2d 279, 281 (Ind. Ct. App. 2000).) <br />Zoning News from Around the <br />Nation <br />MASSACHUSETTS <br />In early March, the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission <br />finalized state regulations governing retail, recreational marijuana. <br />Recreational marijuana stores will already be able to start applying for <br />retail licenses starting April 1, and licensed venues will be able to open <br />starting July 1. <br />Source: MassLive, com; www masslive. com <br />In early March, the Northampton City Council gave final approval to <br />zoning legislation related to retail marijuana. Among other things, the <br />zoning ordinances: prohibit marijuana retailers from within 200 feet of <br />a pre-existing public or private K-12 school; sanction outdoor cultiva- <br />tion of marijuana with site plan approval; provide distinctions in the <br />city's code between medical and recreational marijuana and marijuana <br />production; specifies limitations on where retail dispensaries can be <br />located. <br />Source: MassLive. com; www.masslive.com <br />OHIO <br />Some residents of the City of Hillsboro are reportedly concerned <br />about proposed zoning legislation, which would limit the number of <br />pets per household. The proposed legislation would specifically limit <br />each household to "no more than four dogs or four cats, or a combina- <br />tion of dogs and cats as not to total more than four . . . ." The zoning <br />legislation would also limit households to "a maximum of four chicken <br />hens or four rabbits, or a combination of both not total more than four" <br />on each parcel of property. <br />Source: The Highland County Press; httv://highlandcountvoress.com, <br />12 ©2018 Thomson Reuters <br />