Alexander v. Building Inspector of Provincetown

The issue on the appeal by the respondent Eobert Boman from an order in mandamus for enforcement of the Provincetown zoning by-law is whether a motel erected by Boman and his wife 1 on a lot identified as No. 545 Commercial Street is subject to the provisions of an amendment of the zoning by-law adopted by a town meeting vote on March 9,1964, and approved by the Attorney General on April 13, 1964, the first notice of the planning board hearing having been published on January 22, 1964. 2 The evidence is before us. The judge reported the material facts.

General Laws c. 40A, § 11, provides that,…