DOERFER, J.
The plaintiff, Cohasset Heights, Ltd. (CHL), held a special permit to operate a landfill which was issued but not recorded prior to first publication of notice of a public hearing on an adverse zoning change. A judge of the Land Court ruled that the permit thus did not qualify as a prior nonconforming use. We reverse and hold that under G. L. c. 40A, § 6, the relevant saving event occurred when the special permit issued and not when it was later recorded...
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