Amberwood Development Corp. v. Board of Appeals

In an action brought by Amberwood Development Corporation (Amberwood) under G. L. c. 240, § 14A, a judge of the Land Court, reversing the zoning board of appeals of Boxford (board), ruled that the application of a provision that prohibits the further subdivision of a lot that has benefited from an exception to a frontage requirement in the zoning by-law, while otherwise valid, was unconstitutional as applied to *206Amberwood’s lot of residentially zoned land.3 This is the town’s appeal. We reverse.

1. Background.4 Amberwood owns an 8.1 acre lot of land on Georgetown Road in Boxford.5 The lot was…