Legal Opinion

Virgin Islands Conservation Society, Inc. v. Virgin Islands Board of Land Use Appeals

District Court, Virgin Islands

Decided June 13, 1994No. Civ. No. 87/339PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BROTMAN, District Judge

OPINION ON WRIT OF REVIEW

This action is before the court on Virgin Islands Conservation Society's ("VICS" or "the petitioner") petition for writ of review of the decision of the Coastal Zone Management Committee ("CZM Committee") granting Sugar Bay Land Development, Ltd.'s ("Sugar Bay") application to build a hotel and marina, and the Board of Land Use Appeals (the "Board") decision affirming the CZM Committee. For the reasons set forth below, the actions of the CZM Committee and the Board are vacated and remanded with directions.

I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

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