Building Inspector of Attleboro v. Attleboro Landfill

How courts have described this case

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• where statute requires final action within ninety days, decision must be made and filed within that period of time
• application for special permit constructively allowed when planning board failed to file decision with city clerk within ninety days, under statute requiring “final action” within that period
• constructive grant of special permit where permit granting authority failed to take final action on permit application by deciding and filing its decision within prescribed ninety day period
• construing and applying the constructive approval provisions of § 9
• “Once it is concluded that the permit granting authority must file its decision with the city clerk, it is difficult to conclude that such filing is not the last act required of the board on the permit application, and thus final action within the meaning of the statute”

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