Gumley v. Board of Selectmen of Nantucket

Questions are presented under the statute establishing a Historic Nantucket District. St. 1970, c. 395, as amended by St. 1972, c. 708 (the statute). We read the statute in the light of the more general statutes providing for zoning, G. L. c. 40A, and for historic districts, G. L. c. 40C, and apply a standard of review analogous to that governing exercise of the power to grant or deny special permits. See MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of Duxbury, 356 Mass. 635, 638-639 (1970). We affirm the judgment of the Superior Court so far as it annuls the decisions of the Historic District Commission…