Widewaters Stillwater Co. v. Bangor Area Citizens Organized for Responsible Development

RUDMAN, J.,

with whom SAUFLEY, C.J. and DANA, J. join, concurring.

[¶ 13] Although I concur in the opinion of the Court, I feel constrained to write separately to advise the Bangor Planning Board and other similar boards what we seek when we remand for findings of fact. We have on at least three occasions recently remanded pending cases for findings of fact.7 We review, in this case, the Planning Board’s findings of fact to determine whether those findings are supported by substantial evidence. When a board’s findings of fact are insufficient to apprise us of the basis of the Board’s decision,…