Legal Opinion
SCIT, Inc. v. Planning Board of Braintree
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided December 21, 1984PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, C.J.
Although many issues have been argued, we need only decide one question in this case: whether the Braintree zoning by-law may make, consistent with G. L. c. 40A, The Zoning Act, 2 all uses in a business district conditional on the issuance of a discretionary special permit.
SCIT, between 1960 and 1981, was the primary developer of approximately ninety-one acres of land in a business district located at the junction of Routes 3, 37, and 128 in Braintree. On seventy-one acres of its land, SCIT developed the South Shore Plaza, a shopping and business complex containing 1,300,000 square feet of…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Josephs v. Board of Appeals of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Leahy v. Inspector of BuildingsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1941
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. Board of Appeals of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
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