Mahoney v. Board of Appeals of Winchester

This is a bill in equity by way of appeal under G. L. c. 40A, § 21, as amended through St. 1958, c. 175, from a decision of the board of appeals refusing to grant a permit to the plaintiff for the construction on his land of a commercial greenhouse. The locus is an area of approximately fifty acres fronting on Cambridge Street in Winchester. It is within a single residence district and subject to the provisions of the town by-law relating to zoning. By § 2 of that by-law as amended through March 1, 1959, which pertains to single residence districts, “no new building or structure shall be…