Legal Opinion

Moreis v. Board of Appeals

Massachusetts Appeals Court

Decided September 15, 2004No. 03-P-932PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMills, J.

Raymond Moréis, a resident of Perkins Avenue in Oak Bluffs, requested the local building inspector to issue a cease and desist order to a neighboring property owner, Frank M. Fenner. See G. L. c. 40A, § 7. Moréis’s complaint was that Fenner’s tenant, Browning Ferris, Inc. (BFI), was using Fenner’s land unlawfully for parking, maintaining and cleaning large tracks of several types; collecting and processing refuse, cans, arid bottles; and other commercial uses. None of those uses, Moréis said, were permitted under the zoning by-law of *54Oak Bluffs in the residential zoning district in which the…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cape Resort Hotels, Inc. v. Alcoholic Licensing BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1982
  2. Town of Bridgewater v. ChuckranMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1966
  3. Garabedian v. WestlandMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2003
  4. Lord v. Zoning Board of Appeals of SomersetMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
  5. Building Inspector v. KendrickMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1983

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Bruno v. Zoning Board of Appeals of TisburyMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2018
  2. City of Revere v. GrayMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 2011
  3. Warrington v. Town of Rutland Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Superior Court · 2006
  4. Warrington v. Town of Rutland Zoning Board of AppealsMassachusetts Superior Court · 2006
  5. Howard v. AnastasioMassachusetts Superior Court · 2006

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