Lazan Glover & Puciloski, LLP

11/01/2024

Great news for our farmers and for our food!

Roots Rising was the big winner in Berkshire County. It won the maximum award of $500,000 to help pay construction costs for a building at its 923 Barker Road site

12/03/2023

Thank you for voting us "Best Animal Welfare Organization" in this year's RURAL INTELLIGENCE reader's poll!

We appreciate everyone's continual support! Thank you!!

10/21/2023

LGP is hiring! We have a position opening up for a legal assistant/ paralegal. The job details can be found on Indeed and in an upcoming Shoppers Guide. Check it out!

07/31/2023

Shout out to theater in the Berkshires, and special shout out to Barrington Stage Company's production of Blues for an Alabama Sky - Love it! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/25/theater/barrington-stage-company-williamstown-theater-festival.html?fbclid=IwAR31Y8o4qsXhqHCgIXo0xWsimO66qu3Cm1yihsOrZq_ofz0lsPcHghCA0rA

The industry is facing challenges, but in western Massachusetts the quality of the works is as rich as ever, our critic writes.

06/30/2023

Peter Puciloski was thrilled to participate today in the ribbon cutting for Windrush Commons, the new affordable housing development in Great Barrington - a project that he, and so many, many others, worked on so hard and for so long. Congratulations to the Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire and all other supporters!

06/30/2023

🤔 An individual purchased a property in Great Barrington. The tax map showed that the property was 100 ft wide x 100 ft deep (minimum for a building lot). Unfortunately, the assessor’s office had rounded up; the property was under the minimum size requirements and so was not a building lot at all. Read our blog post on what to know BEFORE you buy. Photo Richard Migot.

https://buff.ly/42RMJxO

06/26/2023

Many Berkshire towns have now passed zoning and general bylaws that permit short-term rentals. Most recently, short-term rentals have been approved in Alford, Becket, Sandisfield, North Adams, and Washington. Of course there are benefits for homeowners and towns...but what about neighbors?

What are the rights of neighbors and others who are impacted by a short-term rental in their neighborhood? The good news is that there are many ways to help balance the rights and responsibilities of short-term rental owners and neighbors.

Read Alex Glover's short article in The Berkshire Edge

https://theberkshireedge.com/real-estate/when-a-short-term-rental-is-not-a-good-neighbor/

06/21/2023

We appreciate the write up in The National Law Review.

The Supreme Judicial Court finds that Hume Lake Christian Camps, Inc.’s proposed recreational vehicle park would be exempt from Monterey’s bylaws under the Dover Amendment, G.L.c. 40A

06/20/2023

The Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers is a rating that recognizes lawyers who have earned the highest rating in the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory. The rating is reserved for lawyers who demonstrate the highest levels of professional skill, competency, and integrity. We're honored to receive the 2023 plaque.

06/14/2023

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in favor of Lazan, Glover & Puciloski's client, Hume Lake Christian Camps. The Court ruled this month that state law exempting religious organizations from local zoning bylaws extended to the camp’s request for 12 recreational vehicle sites. The case is Hume Lake Christian Camps, Inc. v. Planning Board of Monterey, Slip Opinion SJC-13365, p. 27 (June 7, 2023).

Alex Glover says, "This ruling has statewide significance because it provides much-needed definition to the scope of the religious exemption from zoning in all towns and cities. This guidance in a complicated area of law is welcomed by religious organizations and municipalities alike."

Read our blog post: https://lazanlaw.com/glover-sjc-zoning-case-religious-use-exemption/

Read the SJC ruling:https://www.mass.gov/files/documents/2023/06/07/n13365.pdf

Watch the oral argument: https://boston.suffolk.edu/sjc/pop.php?csnum=SJC_13365

Alex Glover successfully represented her client, a Christian camp in Monterey, before the Supreme Judicial Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Court ruled this month that state law exempting religious organizations from local zoning bylaws extended to the camp’s request for 12 recreati...

06/06/2023

We are so glad that the Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire has now preserved even more affordable housing in Great Barrington, and grateful that our partner, Peter Puciloski, had the opportunity to represent CDC throughout the process.

The purchase will stabilize the rents of six downtown apartments.