Legal Opinion
Cumberland Farms, Inc. v. Town of Scarborough
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided January 23, 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATHEN, Chief Justice.
[¶ 1] Plaintiff Cumberland Farms appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Mills, J.) affirming the decision of the Scarborough Zoning Board of Appeals (the “Board”). Contrary to plaintiffs contention, the Board properly construed the Scarborough zoning ordinance to prohibit a gasoline filling station as an accessory use in the Town and Village Centers zone (the “TVC” zone). Accordingly we affirm the judgment.
[¶ 2] The relevant facts may be briefly summarized as follows. Plaintiff is the owner of a convenience store on U.S. Route One in…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Singal v. City of BangorSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1982
- Natale v. Kennebunkport Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1976
- CN Brown Co., Inc. v. Town of KennebunkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1994
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