In Re Appeal of Cowan

¶ 1. The Town of Richmond appeals from a decision of the Vermont Environmental Court granting summary judgment in favor of Isaac Cowan. This case arose from Cowan’s request that the zoning administrator revisit the determination of the floodplain elevation on his property based on engineering surveys Cowan had commissioned. The administrator declined Cowan’s request, and the Development Review Board (DRB) upheld the administrator’s decision. Cowan appealed to the environmental court, and the court granted summary judgment in his favor. On appeal, the Town contends that the court’s decision…