Willard v. Board of Appeals of Orleans

In 1985 the plaintiff, in his individual capacity, 1 acquired title to a lot in Orleans with an area of some 0.8 acres and a frontage of more than 100 feet on the northerly side of Cliff Road, a private way. The lot had been in separate ownership from that of any adjoining lot since 1965. A single-family house had been constructed on the lot at least as early as 1964; one comer of the house abutted the northerly sideline of Cliff Road.1 2 There was no minimum setback requirement in the Orleans zoning by-law until 1972, when a twenty-five foot setback was established in the residential zoning…