Word: height
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cambridge zoning restrictions may not control the height of University buildings, according to the findings of a State Superior Court Master appointed to hear a case involving the Armenian Holy Trinity Church of Boston. The Armenian group plans to build a church on Brattle...
...denying the petition of a group of local residents to keep the proposed building within the 35-foot zoning height limit, Master William H. Lewis, Jr. '26 found for the church on the two basic issues: that the restriction "would involve severe hardship to the respondent Church Corporation," and "that the 35-foot height restriction...does not apply to the Church...
...second finding interprets the State Zoning Enabling Act to the satisfaction of the University. The Master found that the Act prevents communities from restricting the height of buildings of religious, charitable and educational institutions...
Unless the State Legislature passes a law clarifying the Act, any plans for Leveret House towers or the new Health Center seem free from Cambridge zoning restrictions on height, Lewis said. Three of the seven Cambridge representatives in the Massachusets Legislature yesterday denied knowledge of plans for any such legislation...
...affirmative ruling by the Court would set a precedent exempting other religious, charitable and educational institutions from height restrictions, a University attorney said...