Weld v. Board of Appeals of Gloucester

The plaintiffs appealed to the Superior Court under G. L. c. 40A, § 21, as amended through St. 1960, c. 365, from a decision of the board of appeals of the city of Gloucester (the board) under § 3 h of the zoning ordinance. The decision recites that the board “approves [subject to restrictions] the granting of a permit” to Thomas C. Howard, trustee of the Cape Ann Realty Trust, to operate a hotel in several structures on land in that part of the city known as Dolliver’s Neck in a single residence district. The plaintiffs are aggrieved parties who own and reside on nearby land.

The judge after…