Legal Opinion
LaPointe v. City of Saco
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided September 10, 1980PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERTS, Justice.
The plaintiffs are owners of two corner lots in Saco. These lots are located between the parallel streets of Fairhaven and Beacon Avenues and enjoy a common rear boundary. Both plots of land abut Seaside Avenue.
After simultaneous purchase of the residential lots in 1956, the plaintiffs immediately built a house on the lot abutting on Fairhaven Avenue. When Saco’s zoning ordinance was adopted in 1968, the lots were deemed substandard in area and width by operation of the ordinance. Intending to erect a residential dwelling on the lot abutting on Beacon Avenue, the plaintiffs…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Moyer v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1967
- Barnard v. Zoning Bd. of App. of Town of YarmouthSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1974
- INHABITANTS OF TOWN OF BOOTHBAY, ETC. v. RussellSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980
- Burke v. Spring Lake Board of AdjustmentNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1958
- Morris v. City of Los AngelesCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1953
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Harrington v. Inhabitants of Town of KennebunkSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- Ada County v. GibsonIdaho Court of Appeals · 1995
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