Musto v. Planning Board

The Medfield planning board appeals from a decision of the Land Court, which overturned the planning board’s denial of the Mustos’ definitive subdivision plan.2 The judge found that the planning board’s decision was not legitimately *832based on any of the three stated reasons for the denial but was instead principally motivated by a desire to limit the number of lots developed on the locus to fewer than would be permissible under the subdivision control law and the town’s rules and regulations. On appeal, the planning board contends that the judge misapplied pertinent law; it does not contend…