Legal Opinion
Buker v. Town of Sweden
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided July 19, 1994PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDMAN, Justice.
Earl Buker appeals from the entry of a judgment in the Superior Court (Oxford County, Saufley, J.) affirming the denial by the Town of Sweden Planning Board of his application for a conditional use permit. M.R.CÍV.P. 80B. We agree with the Planning Board that Buker’s proposal to remove underground water from his property does not meet the definition of “mineral extraction,” which is allowed under the Town’s zoning ordinance as a conditional use, and therefore we affirm the judgment.
In July 1990 Earl Buker applied to the Planning Board for a conditional use permit that would…
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