Legal Opinion
DeGrace v. Conservation Commission of Harwich
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 29, 1991No. 89-P-1339PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
The plaintiffs, who are husband and wife, purchased a lot in the town of Harwich in the early 1970’s with the intention of building their retirement home there when Joseph retired. In 1984, Joseph did retire and retained an engineering firm to design a house for the lot. A notice of intent to construct a dwelling was filed by the plaintiffs with the conservation commission of Harwich (commission), as required under the Wetlands Protection Act, G. L. c. 131, § 40 (act). 2 This petition sought commission approval for construction of a two-bedroom house, gravel driveway, and subsurface septic…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Golden v. Board of Selectmen of FalmouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Hamilton v. Conservation Commission of OrleansMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Southern New England Conference Ass'n v. Town of BurlingtonMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1986
- Department of Environmental Quality Engineering v. Cumberland Farms of Connecticut, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1984
3Cited by26 opinions
- T.D.J. Development Corp. v. Conservation CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1994
- FIC Homes of Blackstone, Inc. v. Conservation CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
- SBT HOLDINGS, LLC v. Town of WestminsterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2008
- Fafard v. Conservation Commission of ReadingMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
- Hobbs Brook Farm Property Co. v. Conservation CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
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