Legal Opinion
Castelli v. Board of Selectmen of Seekonk
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 29, 1983PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.
Castelli owned an ice cream store in Seekonk in a zone then designated for highway business by the town’s zoning by-law (the by-law), § 7.1 (1979). The store *712stands on 1.75 acres of land and is a wooden frame building erected in 1964, prior to the adoption of the by-law. It is a nonconforming structure because it has a front yard setback of only about twenty-two feet which is less than the seventy-foot setback (front yard) requirement of the by-law (§ 7.4) in effect in March, 1980. Castelli operated an ice cream and restaurant business on the premises from 1966 to January, 1980, when Karousos…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Butler v. Town of East BridgewaterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1953
- Neuhaus v. Building Inspector of MarlboroughMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
- Board of Health of Woburn v. SousaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Berliner v. FeldmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- McDonald's Corp. v. Town of SeekonkMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1981
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Clark & Clark Hotel Corp. v. Building Inspector of FalmouthMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
- City of Woburn v. McNutt Bros. Equipment Corp.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 1983
- National Amusements, Inc. v. Commissioner of the Inspectional Services DepartmentMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1988
- Licari v. FerruzziMassachusetts Superior Court · 1995
- One Centre Street, Inc. v. FinneganMassachusetts Superior Court · 1998
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