Building Inspector v. Kendrick

This action, commenced in the Superior Court on June 11, 1980, by the building inspector of Chatham, seeks to enjoin the Kendricks from conducting a “garage ... for the repair ... of heavy equipment and related machinery” on Mrs. Kendrick’s property situated (under the town zoning by-law) in a general business zone. A special permit is required ordinarily for such a use. After trial, Kendrick’s operation was enjoined except as it came within the terms of a 1974 special permit issued to the Kendricks by the town’s zoning board of appeal (the board). That permit specified that an addition to an…