[Massplanners] A Unique No Frontage Issue

[Andrew Groff]

Good Afternoon Planners
Had an interesting frontage question come into our office this week. Curious if anyone else has seen a similar situation before. The lot in question has minimum area and no frontage. It sits within a former estate that was carved up in the 1950s into multiple higher end homes. This is the remaining unbuilt parcel. It has a deeded ROW to it from the existing shared drive. Nothing is currently built or present on the ROW. Here's where things get a little confusing.

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Annual Town Meeting established zoning in Williamstown in February 1955, required 7500 sf in area and minimum width of 75 for a lot, but no frontage was specified.
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The Subdivision Control Law was not enacted in town until July 1959.

Since the lot was laid out prior to 1959, is it in fact non conforming, even without frontage? If the SCL wasn't in effect, then its own minimums wouldn't apply? Never seen one that had these specific circumstances before.
Andrew
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Town of Williamstown
Community Development Dept.
Andrew Groff, A.I.C.P.
Director
31 North Street
Williamstown, Mass. 01267
(413) 597-8284
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