Legal Opinion
Brandt Development Co. v. City of Somersworth
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Decided October 12, 2011No. 2010-641PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynn, J.
The petitioner, Brandt Development Company of New Hampshire, LLC (Brandt), appeals an order of the Superior Court (O’Neill, J.) upholding the decision of respondent City of Somersworth’s (City) zoning board of adjustment (ZBA) to deny its application for a variance. We reverse and remand.
The following facts are drawn from the record. Brandt owns a house and attached barn on Myrtle Street in the residential multi-family district of the City. In November 1994, Brandt applied for a variance from size and frontage requirements to convert the property, then being used as a duplex, into four…
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