Meadowbrook Inn Corp. v. Sheridan

This is a petition to enjoin Portsmouth officials from issuing a building permit to Spectrum Enterprises, Inc. (Spectrum) to construct a motel. The Master (Charles T. Gallagher, Esq.) recommended that the plaintiffs’ petition be dismissed; the Trial Court (Mullavey, J.) approved the recommendation and reserved and transferred the plaintiffs’ exceptions. We affirm the decree.

Spectrum seeks to develop a tract of land as a motel. Following denials of requests for a variance from the lot dimension requirements for General Business property, Spectrum submitted a proposal for construction to the…