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plan had to have been lawfully in existence to be protected buildable lots un- der Section 5.5. On May 7, 1979, the Zoning By-Laws were amended to require minimum lot area of 22,500 square feet and minumum lot frontage of 125 feet. This amend- ment was ineffective as to the lots shown on the 1966 Subdivision Plan, as they were protected by Section 5.5. On February 11, 1985, the Mashpee Zoning By-Laws were amended to eliminate the protection provided by Section 5.5. This amendment was the first amendment to the Zoning By-Laws which could have affected the lots shown on the 1966 Sub- division Plan, as they had been protected by Section 5.5- until that date. In Adamowicz v. Town of Ipswich, the Supreme Judicial Court held that any increase in dimensional requirements of a zoning by-law shall not apply to lots of held in common ownership as of the effective date of the restrictive zoning requirements and had less than the proposed requirement but at least 5,000 quare feet of area and 50 feet of frontage. The Court wrote that to determine hether a lot is protected by the first sentence of the fourth paragraph of A.G.L. c.90A, S6, one must look to the most recent Instrument of record. If, according to the most recent Instrument of record, a lot were .not held in common wnership with adjoining land as of the effective date of the zoning change hich increased dimensional requirements, such a lot is unaffected by the rest- fictive zoning change, even though a previously recorded subdivision plan re- reals that the lot was at one time part of land held in common ownership. As of the effective date of the amendment to the Mashpee Zoning By-Laws on LAW OFFICE OF 'AcCOY & O'CONNOR 9 10 MACARTNUR BLVD. BOURNE. MA 02392 2.