Ferrante v. Board of Appeals of Northampton

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• zoning restrictions cannot be forfeited by action of public officers in disregard of statute
• “Rarely can the court order the granting of a variance when the board has denied the petition . . . [but] (c)onceivably a decision of a board might be held to be arbitraiy when ... the board failed to make any findings to support its exercise of discretion in denying the variance”

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