Making good on a threat it issued in February, the Boston advocacy group Lawyers for Civil Rights has sued the town of Holden for not complying with the provisions of the state’s MBTA Communities zoning reform.
Alexander Styller rented his 5,000-square-foot mansion in Lynnfield, with its spacious patio and heated in-ground pool, to short-term renters planning a party over the 2016 Memorial Day weekend. The results were disastrous.
State courts, when hearing appeals of special permits granted to development projects, will now have the power to require project opponents to post a surety or cash bond of up to $50,000.
The Zoning Act does not specifically define the term “person aggrieved,” so Massachusetts courts have developed their own jurisprudence when deciding this threshold issue in zoning cases.
