Brown v. Zoning Board of Appeals

POMEROY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a Superior Court, Penobscot County, order denying petitioners’ motion to intervene pursuant to Rule 24(a)(2), M.R.Civ.P.1

The uncontroverted facts are as follows. On August 25, 1977, Arlon I. Brown and Jalón Brown, plaintiffs herein, petitioned defendant for an exception to the Town’s zoning ordinance. Defendant denied the petition. The following September 29, plaintiffs again appeared to present the same petition. The chairman of defendant *349Zoning Board, without prior consultation with its other members, dismissed the petition on the grounds that the…