MacNeil v. Board of Appeal

The plaintiff, Barbara MacNeil (“Mac-Neil”), filed an application with the Boston Inspectional Services Department (“ISD”) for a conditional use permit that would allow her to offer tattooing services at her existing place of business, The Shed (“The Shed”), on Dorchester Street in South Boston. The ISD denied her application and MacNeil appealed the decision to the defendant, the Boston Board of Appeal (“BOA”). The BOA denied her application for a permit after a public hearing. MacNeil filed a complaint in this Court challenging the constitutionality of the body art establishment zoning…