Legal Opinion
VAZZA PROPERTIES, INC v. City Council of Woburn
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided May 17, 1973PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
This bill in equity was brought by the owner of 4.5 acres of vacant land on Alfred Street near its intersection with Main Street in Woburn, against the Woburn city council, appealing the council’s denial of a special permit to erect on that land 144 one-bedroom apartment units in nine buildings, with parking facilities for 156 automobiles. The plaintiffs application to the city council was filed pursuant to a city ordinance requiring a special permit issued by the council for the construction of apartment buildings in a residential zone. 1 The ordinance sets forth standards to govern the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- MacGibbon v. Board of Appeals of DuxburyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1970
- Pendergast v. Board of AppealsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Josephs v. Board of Appeals of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. Board of Appeals of FraminghamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
- Blackman v. Board of Appeals of BarnstableMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Wendy's Old Fashioned Hamburgers of New York, Inc. v. Board of AppealMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Roberts-Haverhill v. City Coun. of HaverhillMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1974
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