Failure to give notice stops running of statute of limitations.

From: Land Use Law Report | Date: December 7, 2005 | Copyright information

A board of appeals' failure to give notice to abutting property owners of a public hearing on a special permit application kept the time to appeal from the board's decision from running until the neighboring property owner had actual notice of the approved structure, the Massachusetts Appeals Court has ruled (Kramer v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Somerville, No. 04-P-293, Nov. 29, 2005).

On Oct. 11, 2001, the board approved a special permit application by Nextel Communica...

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