Legal Opinion
Warner v. Lexington Historic Districts Commission
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided July 22, 2005No. 03-P-1140PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, C.J.
The plaintiff, Ranne Warner, owns a house and lot at the comer of Hancock Street and Hancock Avenue in Lexington (town). Her land lies within one of the three historic districts (the Hancock-Clarke Historic District) established in the town by St. 1956, c. 447 (the Act). In 2000, she sought a certificate of appropriateness from the town’s historic districts commission (commission) for improvements to her driveway and yard that she had largely already constmcted. The commission denied her application, and Warner sought judicial review of its decision under § 10 of the Act. In 2003, a Superior…
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