Moss v. Town of Winchester

The petitioner, owner of a parcel of approximately eighty-five acres on the west side of Cambridge Street (Route 3) in the respondent town, challenged on several grounds, in a petition brought under G. L. c. 240, § 14A, andG. L. c. 185, § 1 (j 1/2), the validity of the town’s zoning by-law as applied to her property. A judge of the Land Court entered a decision which, in substance, found the by-law to be valid and directed that the petition should be dismissed. The petitioner appealed.

Essentially, the petitioner maintains that the by-law illegally prevents her from building garden apartment…