Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court August 22, 1985 (Adamowicz v. Town of Ipswich)

Abrams, J.

We address three questions certified to this court by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit,

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pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass.

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700 (1981). The Court of Appeals asks us to interpret the first sentence of the fourth paragraph of The Zoning Act, G. L. c. 40A, § 6 (1984 ed.