Legal Opinion
Giovannucci v. Board of Appeals of Plainville
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 12, 1976PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGoodman, J.
This is an appeal by the board of appeals of Plainville (board) from a judgment of the Superior Court in an action under G. L. c. 40A, § 21. The judgment annulled the board’s decision which had sustained the building inspector’s denial of two applications, one by Ernest Giovannucci and one by his wife, Ernestine Giovannucci (the plaintiffs), for building permits on lots which they owned separately.* 1 The issue on appeal concerns the construction and application of the Plainville zoning bylaw adopted in 1965. That by-law, the original zoning provisions for the town, established an “Intensity…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Sorenti v. Board of Appeals of WellesleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1963
- Bellows Farms, Inc. v. Building Inspector of ActionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Vetter v. Zoning Board of Appeal of AttleboroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Alley v. Building Inspector of DanversMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1968
- Lindsay v. Board of Appeals of MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Smalley v. Planning Board of HarwichMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1980
- Lee v. Board of Appeals of HarwichMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Preston v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2001
- Seltzer v. Board of Appeals of OrleansMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1987
- Asack v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
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