BARRON CHEVROLET, INC. v. DANVERS


419 Mass. 404 (1995)

BARRON CHEVROLET, INC. vs. TOWN OF DANVERS & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine A. Hesse for the defendants.

Edward T. Patten (David A. Mills with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


ABRAMS, J.

The plaintiff, Barron Chevrolet, Inc., is an automobile dealership in the town of Danvers (town). On its property, the plaintiff maintains three free-standing signs, erected pursuant to setback variances granted by the Danvers zoning board of appeals (board) in 1969 and 1972. The 1969 variance permitted the erection of two signs closer than the then-existing fifty-foot setback from the street line. The 1972 variance permitted the erection of a third sign...

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