City of Boston v. Outdoor Advertising Board

After three days of hearings before a hearing officer, and upon the recommendations of the hearing officer, the Outdoor Advertising Board (board), on June 2, 1993, approved permit applications submitted by the intervener, Rite Media, Inc. (Media), under G. L. c. 93D, § 3,2 to erect a billboard at each of two sites in Boston — 100 Tenean Street and 650-700 Morrissey Boulevard.3 Both locations are adjacent to the Southeast Expressway, an interstate highway.

On the appeal by the city of Boston (city), a judge of the Superior Court, proceeding under G. L. c. 30A, § 14, affirmed the decision of the…