Senders v. Town of Columbia Falls

DANA, Justice.

John W. Senders and Ann Crichton-Harris appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court (Washington County, Marsano, J.) affirming the decision of the Columbia Falls Shoreland Zoning Board of Appeals granting the Down East Salmon Federation a permit to continue construction of a salmon fry hatchery on a site across the street from the Senders-Crichton-Harris home. Because we agree with the Superior Court that the property, owned by a state agency and leased to a private entity to promote a state interest, is not subject to local zoning, 30-A M.R.S.A. § 4352(6) (Pamph.1993), we…