Legal Opinion
Southern New England Conference Ass'n v. Town of Burlington
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided March 18, 1986PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, C.J.
The Southern New England Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists (church) wishes to con*702struct a building, with related parking area, on land that the town of Burlington (town) classifies as wetland under its zoning by-law. The church was denied the special permit required by the wetlands provisions of the town’s zoning by-law (wetlands by-law). The church filed an action in the Land Court pursuant to G.L. c. 240, § 14A, and c. 185, § 1 (jVi), seeking a determination that the second paragraph of G. L. c. 40A, § 3, as appearing in St. 1975, c. 808, § 3, which prohibits a local zoning…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Attorney General v. Town of DoverMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1951
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Pheasant Ridge Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Town of BurlingtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- FIC Homes of Blackstone, Inc. v. Conservation CommissionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1996
- DeGrace v. Conservation Commission of HarwichMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1991
- Trustees of Tufts College v. City of MedfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
- Garrity v. Conservation CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012
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