Aquacultural Research Corp. v. Old King's Highway Regional Historic District Commission

The Old King’s Highway Regional Historic District (“District”) encompasses a sizable swath of Cape Cod surrounding Route 6A (Old King’s Highway) in several Cape towns.4 The statute governing the District, St. 1973, c. 470, *101as amended (“the Act”),5 requires a person seeking to construct or alter a structure within its ambit to obtain a certificate of appropriateness (“certificate”) from the relevant Town Committee in order to allow any such project to proceed.6 Any “person aggrieved” by a committee decision about an application may appeal that decision to the Regional Commission…