Gordon v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Lee

*344Perretta, J.

After the defendant board granted a variance so that a house and garage could be built on a parcel of land lacking the frontage required by the zoning by-law, the plaintiff abutter appealed to the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 40A, § 17.2 The judge heard the matter, de novo, and made findings in support of his conclusion that the prerequisites to the granting of a variance, as set out in G. L. c. 40A, § 10, had been met. However, because he also concluded that the board’s decision was too conclusory but nonetheless remediable,3 he annulled that decision and remanded the…