Cape Ann Citizens Ass'n v. City of Gloucester

The present case came before the court upon the joint request of the parties for this court to issue a declaratory judgment as to whether or not a final injunction should issue prohibiting the defendant, City of Gloucester, from assessment of a betterment tax. This betterment would apply to individual homeowners and relate to the installation of the STEP sewer hook-up in a portion of Gloucester known as North Gloucester. At the hearing on this matter, the parties refined the issue before the court. The plaintiffs, who now after the recently allowed amendment to the complaint bring this action…