Massachusetts Appeals Court December 10, 1980 (McCabe v. Zoning Board of Appeals)

1. The trial judge correctly ruled that the defendant board of appeals did not comply with G. L. c. 40A, § 10, as most recently amended by St. 1977, c. 829, § 4B, because it failed to make a specific finding concerning the locus that “owing to circumstances relating to the soil conditions, shape or topography of such land . . . and especially affecting such land. , .