COSTA v. BOARD OF APPEALS OF WATERTOWN


340 Mass. 380 (1960)

164 N.E.2d 149

D. JESSE COSTA & others vs. BOARD OF APPEALS OF WATERTOWN & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

February 8, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Menton, for the defendants.

William Goldberg, for the plaintiffs.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, WILLIAMS, COUNIHAN, & WHITTEMORE, JJ.


WHITTEMORE, J.

The board of appeals under the zoning by-law of Watertown has appealed from the final decree in the Superior Court which annulled the issuance of a permit to James P. Duffy to build a motel in a general residence district.

The zoning by-law divides the town into five districts: single residence, 1A and 1B; general residence; apartments; business; industrial. The uses permitted in general residence...

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