Legal Opinion
Fanning v. Bd. of Zoning Appeal of Cambridge
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 15, 2018No. 16–P–1378Published
1Opinion of the Court
The board of zoning appeal of Cambridge (board) appeals from a judgment of the Land Court overturning the board's denial of the variance and special permit applications filed by the plaintiff, Richard D. Fanning. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.
Background. Fanning owns and occupies one side of an attached, duplex-style townhouse located on Cornelius Way in Cambridge (city) in the C-1 residential zone. His single-family unit is part of a townhouse development built around 1985. Fanning's lot, containing 6,248 square feet, is the largest of the fifty-four lots in the development, and…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Pendergast v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Shirley Wayside Ltd. Partnership v. Board of Appeals of ShirleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
- Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers of New York, Inc. v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- DiGiovanni v. Board of Appeals of RockportMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
- VAZZA PROPERTIES, INC v. City Council of WoburnMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1973
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