39 Joy Street Condominium Ass'n v. Board of Appeal

This appeal arises from a decision of a Superior Court judge annulling the grant of a variance by the board of appeal of Boston (board). The variance, granted by the board to the defendant Ciancarelh on January 10, 1995, permitted him to *486operate a beauty salon on the ground floor and basement of a four-floor condominium building located in the Beacon Hill section of Boston, a neighborhood zoned for residential use only. The plaintiffs, consisting of the condominium association’s board of managers and the residents, appealed to the Superior Court, claiming that (1) Ciancarelli did not obtain…