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The U.S. Supreme Courts recent decision in Sheetz v. County of El Dorado may have a profound impact on inclusionary zoning ordinances and bylaws in Massachusetts.
On my first night of a 13-year stint on the Gloucester Planning Board, a so-called “Approval Not Required Form A” application was before us. It was not on our agenda
Where a plaintiff has brought an action to invalidate a recreational trail easement that was granted as a condition of a special permit issued in 1980, the complaint must be dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because no challenge to the special permit was filed within 20 days as required by G.L.c. 40A, §17.
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Where the Beverly zoning board affirmed a building permit, the board’s decision affirming that permit must be annulled, as it was a repetitive petition barred by G.L.c. 40A, §16. “There is a curious exception in the definition of ‘subdivision’ in the Subdivision Control Law, G.L.c. 41, §81L. A division of land into two or more