Word: alpert
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...making successive appeals Alpert could keep the case in the courts for as long as three years. During this period he and his companions could continue residence at 31 Kenwood Avenue...
...only other way the neighbors might try to oust Alpert from his home is to bring suit against him as a nuisance...
...Alpert and his nephew, attorney George Alpert, admitted that the family is not one "related by blood or law," but based their appeal on the fact that "family unit" is left undefined in Newton's zoning code. Citing cases in other states where groups of people living communally were "family units," Alpert stressed that he and his friends formed "one housekeeping group" and should be considered a unit...
...neighbors brought the matter to the attention of the building commissioner of Newton. He investigated the complaint and subsequently sent a notice to Alpert informing him of his violation of the zoning laws and advising him not to use the building as a multi-family dwelling...
Marvin Milton, who represents Alpert's neighbors, stated that it would be legal for the Alpert retinue to stay in the home as "an association of persons living in a common dwelling" with the approval by the Council of Aldermen of Newton. Milton strongly doubted that the council would ever grant this approval, however. Predicting "we will win the war ultimately," Milton said he expected Alpert to appeal the case again if it is decided against...