Coastal Property Associates, Inc. v. Town of St. George

COLLINS, Justice.

Coastal Property Associates appeal from a Superior Court (Knox County, Kravchuk, J.) decision, affirming a decision of the Town of St. George Zoning Board of Appeals. On appeal Coastal argues that the Board misinterpreted the St. George Shoreline Zoning Ordinance and that the Town’s Shoreland Zoning Map is so vague that it is invalid.

St. George adopted its Shoreline Zoning Ordinance in 1973 in compliance with the Mandatory Shoreline Zoning Act. See 38 M.R.S.A. §§ 435-449 (1989 & Supp.1991). The Ordinance applies to all land areas within 250 feet of the mean high water mark of…