Valcourt v. Zoning Board of Appeals

A Superior Court judge, in a pair of consolidated cases, ordered summary judgment for the plaintiffs, Raymond and Deborah Valcourt and Paul, Wilhelmina, and Joseph Pelletier, abutters to a parcel of land owned by Gale Martelly, trustee of the Martelly Land Trust, in the town of Swansea, the result of which was to annul a decision of the Swansea Zoning Board of Appeals (board) and to declare invalid a building permit issued to Philip R. Martelly, husband of Gale (Martellys). The Martellys, Philip Martelly’s parents, the board, and the building inspector (collectively, the appellants) appeal,…