Cicatelli v. Board of Appeals

The plaintiff, Steven L. Cicatelli, appeals a judgment of the Land Court affirming a decision of the board of appeals of Wakefield (board). The board had upheld the Wakefield building inspector’s denial of the plaintiff’s applications for permits to build houses on two lots. The building inspector had based his denials on his determination that the proposed construction would contravene a recent zoning by-law amendment. The plaintiff asserts that the amendment cannot *800lawfully be applied to Ms lots, because they were protected by the three-year zomng “freeze” of G. L. c. 40A, § 6, sixth par.2…