DeMello v. Board of Appeals

DeMello owns a single-family house which is located on a 17,000 square foot lot in Acushnet. He desired to place a sixty-five to seventy-foot long mobile home on that lot to serve as a residence for his son, his daughter-in-law, and their child. Denied a permit to do so by the building inspector, he sought relief from the board of appeals, which also refused to grant a permit. After that decision DeMello filed an action which sought judicial review under G. L. c. 40A, § 17 (so the complaint may be read), and a declaratory judgment under G. L. c. 231A. Cf. Clark & Clark Hotel Corp. v. Building…