Legal Opinion
Paananen v. Old King's Highway Regional Historic District Commission
Massachusetts District Court, Appellate Division
Decided September 16, 1991PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Dolan, PJ.
Plaintiffs own vacant land in West Barnstable that is within the Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District (“historic district”). In order to obtain the certificate of appropriateness required for new construction in the historic district, plaintiffs applied to the Barnstable Old King’s Highway Historic District Committee (“committee”) for permission to build a windmill style new house. The committee denied the application and plaintiffs appealed to the Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District Commission (“commission”). The commission rejected the appeal and plaintiffs…
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