Legal Opinion
Michael Adams v. Town of Brunswick
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided February 2, 2010No. Docket: Cum-09-133PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMead, J.
[¶ 1] Michael Adams and three other property owners in the Town of Brunswick’s Residential 2 zoning district (collectively Neighbors) appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Warren, J.), affirming the Brunswick Code Enforcement Officer’s (CEO’s) determination that leasing a house divided into two apartments to a total of eleven Bowdoin College students is an allowable use in the district. The Neighbors contend that the use creates a prohibited boarding house as defined by the Brunswick Zoning Ordinance, and is also barred as a nonconforming use by the Ordinance’s lot…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Salisbury v. Town of Bar HarborSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2002
- State v. DominiqueSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2008
- Viles v. Town of EmbdenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2006
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3Cited by8 opinions
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