Legal Opinion
In re Willowell Foundation Conditional Use Certificate of Occupancy (Andrew Higbee, Jr. and Sheryl Knauth, Appellants)
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided January 29, 2016No. 2014-369PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSkoglund, J.
¶ 1. Willowell Foundation received a conditional-use permit to build a community center and related improvements on a large plot of land in the Town of Monkton. Neighbors challenge the permit. They argue the project violates a subdivision condition mandating agricultural use, claim additional failings of Willowell’s application, and contend the Superior Court, Environmental Division, erred in several ways in upholding the permit approval. We affirm.
¶ 2. Willowell’s 229.8-acre plot is located in Monkton’s Medium Density Rural Agricultural Zoning District (RA 2 MD) and is subject to the Unified…
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