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t.o decide this case hy summary decision "since 't.heI-e<br />

is no qeniii.ne issue as to m y niaLeria1 LacL." R4<br />

Vol.1, 462, quoLiriy '760 CMR 30.0714). The HAC<br />

con L inucd :<br />

"In t.his case t.here j s. no di spiite with rreqard t.o<br />

what conditions were imposed by the Board since<br />

they appear clearly in the writicri decision<br />

rendered hy the L3oa1-d. LhaL in, Lhc Board's<br />

Decision or1 ApplicaLion for Comprehensive Permit<br />

. . . . . ThcrcIorc the most appropriat.e way to<br />

address khc developer's legal. chal 1 enqes t.o the<br />

conditions is by summary deci si on. " - 'I d.<br />

Such ruling was in error, where the IlAC<br />

improper1.y equates the "facts" oL Chis case wiLh Che<br />

"cunditi.ons" imposed by the Board. Although the HAC<br />

is correct that there is "no dispute wlth reqard t.o<br />

what conditions were imposed by the Hoard," t-his does<br />

riot mean that there is "no genuiric issue as to ariy<br />

material fact." See 760 CMR 30.07(4). The - LacLs . in<br />

this case extend bcyond the mere exi-stence of t.he<br />

coiiditions in thc Budrd* n Decision. Where Attitash has<br />

~ippealcd an approval with conditions, the issue before<br />

the HAC is whether such conditions "makc tiic<br />

construct.ion or operation of such housing unecorioriiic<br />

and whether t.hey are cnnsi.stent wi t.h 1 oca]. needs. "<br />

G.L. c. 40H, s. 2%. Thus, t.he "material. facts" j.n<br />

this case Lire those Lacts Chat .Lend Lo t;how that thc

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