Cape Ann Land Development Corp. v. City of Gloucester

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• holding that notwithstanding the zoning freeze, the city “may impose reasonable conditions [on the locus enjoying an ANR endorsement during the freeze period] which do not amount, individually or collectively, to a practical prohibition of the [previously allowed shopping center] use”
• construction of shopping center designated as permitted use of land by statute, but special permit required for a “major project”
• city council is forbidden to deny a special permit for the reason that the locus will be used for shopping center purposes when shopping center use was protected by G. L. c. 40A, § 7A, as appearing in St. 1965, c. 65

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