Higby/Fulton Vineyard, LLC v. Board of Health of Tisbury

The plaintiff’s action is in the nature of certiorari, G. L. c. 249, § 4, seeking review of a decision of the board of health (board) of the town of Tisbury to issue a septic disposal system construction permit to Hubert E. Knipmeyer, who proposed to build a three-bedroom home on a parcel of land in Tisbury. A judge of the Superior Court dismissed the complaint for lack of the plaintiff’s standing. We affirm.

1. Background. Knipmeyer’s lot and the plaintiff’s lot have *849frontage on Mink Meadows Pond and are part of the same subdivision. A professional land surveyor filed Knipmeyer’s permit…