Warren v. Municipal Officers of the Town of Gorham

CARTER, Justice.

The defendants appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County) enjoining them from applying local zoning ordinances in such a manner as to prevent the plaintiffs, Hallie and Laska Warren, from installing their modular home on their private lot. On the basis of the record before us, we reverse the decision below.

In June 1978, the plaintiffs were denied a building permit to place on their property a single-unit “modular home,” i. e., transportable single-unit housing not constructed on a permanent chassis. The plaintiffs’ land is located in a Farm and Rural…