Legal Opinion
Hall v. Zoning Board of Appeals
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 6, 1990No. 88-P-1047PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFine, J.
The plaintiffs own five pieces of residential property in Edgartown on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. Each of the properties was rented for the 1986 summer season for use by a group of unrelated people. In five complaints for judicial review, brought pursuant to G. L. c. 40A, § 17, the plaintiffs challenged decisions of the zoning board of appeals of Edgartown determining that the properties were being used as “transient residential facilities” in violation of applicable provisions of the Edgartown zoning by-law and ordering that the plaintiffs cease and desist from such use. The complaints…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- McMinn v. Town of Oyster BayNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Warren v. Zoning Board of Appeals of AmherstMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981
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