In re Group Five Investments CU Permit

¶ 1. This appeal stems from the Superior Court, Environmental Division’s affirmance of the zoning board’s grant of a condition.1 use zoning permit to applicant Group Five Investments, LLC, to build and operate a Dollar General store in Ferrisburgh, Vermont. Opponents claim that the trial court erroneously shifted the burden of proof by requiring opponents to show both that the proposed project will have an adverse impact on the area and that existing commercial development in the area has already had an adverse impact. Opponents further contend that the trial court erred in using the Quechee…