Choate v. Zoning Board of Appeals

When the defendant landowners were granted *377variances by the zoning board of appeals of Mashpee (board) allowing them to build a single family residence on each of two undersized adjoining lots, the plaintiffs, who are an abutter and an abutter to an abutter, brought this action pursuant to G. L. c. 40A, § 17. Ruling on cross motions, the judge denied the plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment and allowed the defendants’ motion to dismiss, based on the plaintiffs’ lack of standing. We reverse the judgment of dismissal.

1. The property. Our description of the parties’ properties is based upon…