Board of Selectmen of Blackstone v. Tellestone

This is an appeal from a final decree of the Superior Court entered on a bill in equity brought by the town of Blackstone (town) to enforce its zoning by-law. G. L. c. 40A, § 22, as in effect prior to St. 1975, c. 808, § 3.

The defendant operates various businesses on a three acre lot on Mendon Street in the town. The lot contains a 30' x 50' garage erected in 1963 or 1964 and is located in an area zoned for residential use. Prior to September 12, 1968, the effective date of the town’s first zoning by-law, the defendant had used his premises for the storage of school buses, trucks, and…