Bransford v. Zoning Board of Appeals

(concurring, with whom Marshall, C.J., and Spina, J., join). The plaintiffs’ application for direct appellate review was granted to decide whether “reconstruction” of their single-family residence, which satisfies all dimensional requirements in the town’s zoning bylaw except required minimum lot area, “increase[s] the nonconforming nature of [the] structure” within the meaning of the language in that clause in G. L. c. 40A, § 6, first par. A Land Court judge concluded that, under the clause, “doubling the size of the structure on an undersized (nonconforming) lot [would] increase the…