Camara v. Board of Appeals

The defendants George E. Frotton, Jr., and Patricia A. Frotton appeal from the judgment entered in the plaintiffs’ favor, whereby the Frottons’ use of their Tewksbury property (locus) was determined to be in violation of the Tewksbury zoning by-law. The locus had apparently become overrun with vehicles and equipment, going far beyond the use of the prior owner, and could not qualify as a protected nonconforming use unless the Frottons could prove that Tewksbury had adopted its first zoning by-law subsequent to 1973, the year in which they acquired the locus. The Frottons *210dispute the judge’s…