In Re Appeal of Lorentz

¶ 1. The City of Burlington appeals the environmental court’s decision granting approval for an application by Thaddeus R. Lorentz and David H. Nelson (“applicants”) to construct a mini-storage facility. The City contends that the environmental court (1) exceeded its authority by reviewing applicants’ revised application rather than the application submitted to the Burlington Planning Commission; (2) exceeded its authority by deciding the merits although the statement of questions on appeal raised only legal issues about the authority of the planning commission to take the actions it did; (3)…