Chamseddine v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The plaintiff wishes to buy lot 30A shown on a residential subdivision plan approved by the Taunton zoning board on July 16, 1987, provided that the lot is buildable. The lot has an area of 141,836 square feet and frontage of 300 feet, far in excess of the district’s requirements of 60,000 square feet and 150 feet of frontage for a residence. The lot would be buildable but for having only 35,000 square feet of contiguous upland.2 This was sufficient under the zoning ordinance in ef-*306feet in 1987, but an amendment to the ordinance in 1989 revised the contiguous upland requirement to one acre…