Cavanaugh v. DiFlumera

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• variance allowed where “it was not economically feasible or likely that the locus would be developed in the future for a use permitted by the zoning ordinance or by-law”
• where property had frontage of 39.7 feet in a zone that required not less than 110 feet, appeals court held variance justifiable under circumstances and properly granted under Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 40A [prior to 1975 amendment]
• “some derogation from the by-law’s purpose is anticipated by every variance”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).