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HUME LAKE CHRISTIAN CAMPS, INC. v. PLANNING BOARD OF MONTEREY

SJC-13365.

492 Mass. 188 (2023)

HUME LAKE CHRISTIAN CAMPS, INC. v. PLANNING BOARD OF MONTEREY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

June 7, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna M. Brewer for the defendant.

Alexandra H. Glover for the plaintiff.

Kate Moran Carter , Ryan Douglas Grondahl , Kathleen M. Heyer , Nicholas P. Shapiro , & Taylor N. Lee , for Real Estate Bar Association for Massachusetts, Inc., & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Budd, C.J., Gaziano, Lowy, Cypher, Kafker, Wendlandt, & Georges, JJ.

In this case we must decide whether the plaintiff's proposal to build a recreational vehicle (RV) camp on its campground is an exempted use within the meaning of the Dover Amendment, G. L. c. 40A, § 3. The Dover Amendment limits the ability of municipalities to "regulate or restrict the use of land or structures for religious purposes...

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