SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CONF. ASS'N v. BURLINGTON


21 Mass. App. Ct. 701 (1986)

490 N.E.2d 451

THE SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND CONFERENCE ASSOCIATION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS vs. TOWN OF BURLINGTON.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 18, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew McGinnis for the plaintiff.

Elizabeth A. Lane for the defendant.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., GRANT, & ARMSTRONG, JJ.


GREANEY, C.J.

The Southern New England Conference Association of Seventh-Day Adventists (church) wishes to construct a building, with related parking area, on land that the town of Burlington (town) classifies as wetland under its zoning by-law. The church was denied the special permit required by the wetlands provisions of the town's zoning by-law (wetlands by-law). The church filed an action in the Land Court pursuant...

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