Lower Bartlett Water Precinct v. Murnik

The respondents, twenty-six registered voters in the Lower Bartlett Water Precinct, appeal the order of the Superior Court (Vaughan, J.) declaring their petition for repeal of the Lower Bartlett Water Precinct Land Use Ordinance (zoning ordinance) defective and denying their requests for mandamus and attorney’s fees. We reverse in part and remand.

The relevant facts follow. The petitioner, the Lower Bartlett Water Precinct (Precinct), is a village district in the town of Bartlett, established to provide water services to town residents. It holds an annual meeting on the second Tuesday in…