Glover Realty, Inc. v. Board of Appeals

This is an appeal from a decree of a Superior Court judge sustaining the action of the defendant board in granting a special permit for the construction of a drive-in car wash and a motor vehicle inspection bay. This was to be an addition to an existing gasoline filling station located in a Business B-3 District in the town of Swampscott. Under that town’s zoning by-law, commercial buildings in such a district may include a public garage or gasoline filling station “provided permission is obtained from the Board of Appeals.” The plaintiffs contend that the board failed to “. . . [set] forth…