McCabe v. Zoning Board of Appeals

1. The trial judge correctly ruled that the defendant board of appeals did not comply with G. L. c. 40A, § 10, as most recently amended by St. 1977, c. 829, § 4B, because it failed to make a specific finding concerning the locus that “owing to circumstances relating to the soil conditions, shape or topography of such land . . . and especially affecting such land. , . but not affecting generally the zoning district in which it is located, a literal enforcement of the provisions of the ordinance or by-law would involve substantial hardship . . . to the petitioner or appellant.” The board made…