The Future For An Old Dennisport Building – A&P Building To Be Updated

For the Dennisport A&P building the future is now! On July 20, 2009 Prima I LLC, the property owners of the A&P building will ask the Dennis Planning Board for permission to make exterior and landscaping changes to the site.  While we do not know who the tenants will be, the property owner is close [...]

Should We Revisit The Cultural Arts District Proposal?

A few years ago the Economic Development Committee was studying the idea that we should tailor a zoning district to promote compatible uses in Dennis Village that would strengthen the arts in the village and provide a conforming zoning status for the Cape Cod Center for the Arts (the Cape Playhouse property).  The proposal was [...]

Route 6A Corridor Management Plan Meeting

The Commercial Zoning Districts of Dennis – Part 3 The General Commercial II Zoning District

The General Commercial II Zoning District comprises about 227 acres of land located along Route 28, the southerly portion of Route 134 and Upper County Road. Along Route 28 the land within this district is mostly developed with a variety of commercial uses from restaurants, to motels, retail stores and various other businesses. [...]

The Commercial Zoning Districts of Dennis – Part 2 The West Dennis Village Center Zoning Districts

It started in the late 1990’s with the restoration of the West Dennis Graded School. This building has become the focal point of community groups from the Girl Scouts to Weight Watchers. It continued with the creation of an accessible playground by the Dennis Committee on Disabilities adjacent to the village center. Next the town [...]

Commercial Zoning Districts in the Town of Dennis – Part 1 The Village of Dennisport

The town of Dennis has 17 different zoning districts.  The majority of these districts allow some level of commercial activity.  However, if we leave out the truly residential districts which occasionally may allow a particular commercial use (such as a nursing home), there are 13 different commercial zoning districts in the town.  Except for the [...]