Town of Milton v. Bert's Mobile Home Park, Inc.

The warning of the 1966 annual town meeting of the Town of Milton contained the following item of business to be acted upon by the voters:

“Article 21. To see if the Town will enact an ordinance to regulate trailer parks as permitted by state law by Public Acts of 1957 Act No. 281, page 294.”

The town clerk’s minutes of the meeting show that “(a)fter much discussion it was voted to pass Article 21 as worded.” On May 14, 1967, the selectmen established a schedule of license fees as authorized under 24 V.S.A. § 2232(4).

The defendant has maintained a trailer park in the plaintiff town since April…