Garvey v. Board of Appeals

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court, which invalidated a special permit granted by the Amherst board of appeals. The permit allowed the defendant Charles D. Meakim to use a resident!ally zoned lot on Main Street as a parking area for a maximum of fourteen cars. One of the several conditions imposed was that the “[pjermit shall terminate” should Meakim’s nearby lot, which is zoned for commercial use, no longer be used for a commercial purpose. Several owners of homes appealed to the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 40A, § 17, as appearing in St. 1975, c. 808, § 3.…