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§ 5,.l a Massachusofts S
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lbe plaipiliff, whio hod luau ght an onf6rctirient action to revoke a building per-
mit that had issued for the pr(ijed aolhoflved by tbt,.,vir l-aince. had not appealed
the variance within twenty days after it was Illed wilir Ilia city cterk mid was
trot haroped by the fiflute to record the variance at the registry of'deeds.
The Supreme Judicial Court stated that the. VurjlOstt (if the rd--cordlng ruquirernent set
forth in G.L. c. 40A, §§ 10 and If Is: "'In, prevent and "exlsujreW 111"11
u'r,curs,ith as finlAy fashiori,and fliat subsequent purchasers and others wIlh air inferesi
In tire Stalil's,of k1firl jrnd" stoke of die grant to a land owner of a firnited fight to de-
viate from the re.quirenients of This ymn 11 kg txlid(r In I I ris case, the zon hig bloard's,de-
cision to deny the plaintiff's request to revoke the. building pertnill did, not `qlerogatq�.
frran 11w purposic, aTrd hiterit of dic recorAing requireinent of G.L. c., 410A, § ff.'"
How,ever, 111e cond reptato.d its uOnhortllkjn N Cornell thin "it is preferable to,record.
a,variance with tile appropriate regishy or de.L-ds befor o. e,.mm-ds frig onf�'s rights flu're-
turder;" Chuly v Zoiiing Bd. ofAppeals,ol'Peahoqg 46 5 Ma&S. at 730 Ti.UY
Practice Note,
Variance holderq wouk] d1c) well to f(Alow the (.,,nkorl's advico, as flie ho[d_
ing in Grady may be largely confined to Its urrunual faicls,
§ 5.18.3 Ex(emlon of Variances
Y iqi,to six mooths,
if Mr-g1fartlee of tile Vaylanc,(.,,applies for,such an extension wiffilla,the one-year perinid
and the PGA gyants,the exleasion within thfity days after the application. 1984 Mass.,
Ads c. 195. It worild seein flial lheo exlenJon rit-ay be granted' at any public Inecting
Olf the PGA and without notice or a hearing.Alternatively, no re.asclill Ojlpe ars as itte
ex(etlsloo 4"Jould not ble, granted at the sani.e tinic as the hritial variance. There. LA no
provisirin For appeal Frain sqwh aill exterlslort, and there is no stated requirement fbr
issuance or recording olf a writte.n.decisinn, Hawiwer, ain PM erts 114)ri ro usit hV,FC,C(Drdilld,
C.1- c. 40A,, .4 11. 1.5, and therefore must be In 1ATifing. It. Is too, late. to request air
exi mrs im t t)F a varkri)o of lbe variancie:bias already lapsed. Sco G.L. C. 90A, § 10,
T 3, (applicallon for extemsion Ylijust be. filed "prior [4') the 4,xpiraflorl of such O.TIC Year
periold").
§ 5A&4 The Permit Extension Act
Std[on 173 of 2,040 Mass. Acts c. 2401, as aniended by 2012 Mass, A(,I.s c, 238,
H 7475„ even ds regiflatory approvals issued In nrunicipa regional, and state enti-
Has for use Or dh eld7rpnrnaeunl of real property for four years if the pernift or approval
was "hi effect or existence" during the perind Augusi 15, 2008„ flirtrugh August 151„
20,12. Coinprehensive pernaits issued under G.L. c. 40B and perinits Issued by tire.
Massa(]tuse Its-, Division of Fisberies andWildfife under G.L. c. 131 me not covered
In y I he Porin It F?x te nsl orr A o,
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