Knott v. Zoning Board of Appeals

In 1960, the Natick zoning board of appeals (the board) granted a variance from the town’s zoning by-law for an addition to an old house used as a nursing home, near the corner of Lincoln Street and Cohn Street on a lot (the locus) within a general residence area. The variance apparently was granted with reference to a map, dated July 26, 1960, which showed by dotted lines the area to be covered by the building contemplated by the variance. The boundary of that area closest to Lincoln Street was parallel to and twenty feet distant from Lincoln Street (an extension of the line of the Lincoln…