Legal Opinion
Sleeper v. Old King's Highway Regional Historic District Commission
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 13, 1981PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Donald H. Sleeper is an amateur radio operator who desires to erect an antenna sixty-eight feet high in the backyard of his residence in East Dennis. It is his misfortune that his home is located in the Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District, established by St. 1973, c. 470, as amended by St. 1975, c. 298; St. 1975, c. 845; St. 1976, c. 273; and St. 1977, c. 38 (hereinafter the Act). Under § 6 of the Act, no structure may be erected within the district without the issuance of a “certificate of appropriateness” by the town historic district committee of the town within which the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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3Cited by10 opinions
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