Legal Opinion
MacNeil v. Town of Avon
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 1, 1981PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
By this action brought in the Land Court pursuant to G. L. c. 240, § 14A, and G. L. c. 185, § 1 (j½), the plaintiff attacks the validity of the 200-foot frontage requirement for a special permit as applied to the peculiar configuration of her particular parcel.
The plaintiff is the owner of an inverted “L” shaped parcel of land located in the town of Avon. The parcel has an area of approximately 137,000 square feet (3.2 acres) and a frontage of 190 feet on a public way. In the Residence A District in which the locus is situated, the zoning by-law permits certain uses as of right if the minumum…
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- Aronson v. Town of SharonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1964
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3Cited by3 opinions
- MacNeil v. Town of AvonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
- Marshall v. Town of TopsfieldMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1982
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