Ruotolo v. Inland Wetlands Agency

This is an appeal by the defendant Madison Inland Wetlands Agency from the judgment of the trial court sustaining the plaintiff’s appeal and reversing the agency’s denial of the plaintiff’s application for a permit to conduct a regulated activity.

The defendant claims that the court erred in concluding that the agency lacked subject matter jurisdiction and that it exceeded its powers of review when it concluded, sua sponte, that a cease and desist order was void and that the agency had not placed on the record the reasons for its decision.

The plaintiff desired to create a farm pond of less…