Hopkinson v. Town of China

COLLINS, Justice.

Hubert L. Hopkinson, appeals from a Superior Court (Kennebec County, Krav-chuk, J.) determination affirming a decision by the Town of China’s Board of Appeals. The Board reversed the town code enforcement officer’s grant of a building permit allowing Hopkinson to convert the second story of his garage to overflow sleeping space with bath and work area. At issue is whether the Board’s determination that Hopkinson’s garage was not an accessory structure under the Town’s land use ordinance was error. We agree with the Board’s interpretation of the ordinance and therefore affirm…