Legal Opinion

Richardson v. Board of Appeals of Chilmark

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided June 11, 2012No. 11-P-961PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*913Notice. “[A] party with adequate notice of an order or decision that violates a zoning provision must appeal that order or decision to the appropriate permit granting authority within the thirty-day period allotted for such an appeal. G. L. c. 40A, §§ 8, 15.” Gallivan v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Wellesley, 71 Mass. App. Ct. 850, 857 (2008). Adequate notice may be actual or constructive. Id. at 859. A party has constructive notice when the evidence is “sufficient to place on [that party] a duty of inquiry” regarding the building permit’s issuance. Ibid.

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Boyd v. Jamaica Plain Co-Operative BankMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1979
  2. Cape Resort Hotels, Inc. v. Alcoholic Licensing BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  3. Srebnick v. Lo-Law Transit Management, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1990
  4. Champagne v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
  5. Garabedian v. WestlandMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. OSAGE NATION v. BD. OF COMMISSIONERS OF OSAGE COUNTY and OSAGE NATION v. OSAGE COUNTY BD. OF ADJUSTMENTSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2017
  2. Miles-Matthias v. Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2014
  3. One St. Peter, LLC v. Board of Land Use AppealsSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2017
  4. Drummey v. Town of Falmouth Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Superior Court · 2013
  5. OSAGE NATION v. BD. OF COMMISSIONERS OF OSAGE COUNTY and OSAGE NATION v. OSAGE COUNTY BD. OF ADJUSTMENTSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2017

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