Legal Opinion
In Re Appeal of Miserocchi
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided January 28, 2000No. 99-166PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSkoglund, J.
Applicants appeal from decisions of the environmental court that (1) denied on summary judgment their request for a variance, and (2) denied after trial approval for a change in use from agricultural to residential. We conclude that applicants do not need either change-of-use approval or a variance to change the use of their nonconforming structure from one permitted use to another permit ted use. Thus, we reverse the decisions of the environmental court to the extent that it held otherwise.
The environmental court made the following findings. In 1988, applicants acquired an eighteen-acre…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Appeal of WeeksSupreme Court of Vermont · 1998
- In Re Appeals of LetourneauSupreme Court of Vermont · 1998
- Petruzzi v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Town of Westford v. KilburnSupreme Court of Vermont · 1973
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3Cited by57 opinions
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