In re Burns Two-Unit Residential Building (Michael Long Appellants)

¶ 1. This case is about modifications to a two-unit residential building owned by Cynthia and Charles Burns (applicants) in Burlington. A group of nineteen Burlington residents (neighbors) appeal a decision from the Superior Court, Environmental Division declining to reach the merits of neighbors’ claim that applicants converted their home into a duplex without a zoning permit on the grounds that the challenge was precluded by a prior decision under 24 V.S.A. § 4472(d) or to consider whether a permit was required for applicants’ other modifications. On appeal to this Court, neighbors argue:…