Town of Grand Isle v. Patry

¶ 1. Landowner Ivan Patry appeals from the environmental court’s decision ordering him to remove his trailer and to apply to the Town of Grand Isle for various land-use permits before developing his property. We reject landowner’s contention that a two-hundred-year-old land grant, from which he claims he can trace his chain of title, precludes the Town from applying state and local zoning laws to his property. Accordingly, we affirm the environmental court’s decision.

¶ 2. Landowner acquired the subject property by quitclaim deed on May 14, 2002. Because the property is only 45 feet wide and…