Legal Opinion
Aubry v. Town of Mount Desert
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided November 2, 2010No. Docket: Han-10-177PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSaufley, C.J.
This case involves a straightforward question: Can an existing restaurant in the Town of Mount Desert provide outdoor seating to its patrons? In the four years since the restaurant owner applied to the Town for authorization to provide that outdoor seating, the matter has been addressed by the Town’s Planning Board, the Town’s Zoning Board of Appeals, the Superior Court, and us on multiple occasions. In the middle of the process, when the restaurant owner appealed to us in 2008, we dismissed the appeal and remanded it to the Town because the Town had not completed its adjudication, and…
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