[MassHistPres] Church sues over district creation

[Paul Bourdon]

Interesting, we had a developer tell the ZBA they wanted to respect the
historic character of the Woodbury Tavern ca.1813, by re-building on the
same footprint, which happen to be within the set backs on three sides!

Paul Bourdon
Southborough


On 1/25/10 11:31 AM, "slater at alum.rpi.edu" <slater at alum.rpi.edu> wrote:

> I have uploaded a copy of the lawsuit here:
> 
> http://www.scribd.com/doc/25777752/Roman-Catholic-Diocese-lawsuit-vs-City-of-S
> pringfield-re-Our-Lady-of-Hope-Historic-District
> 
> One of the claims seems to be that since the church building is in the shape
> of a cross, regulating anything pertaining to it would be the same as
> regulating religious expression.
> 
> Ralph Slate
> Springfield, MA
> 
> 
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