Department of Environmental Protection v. Town of Otis

716 A.2d 1023 (1998)

1998 ME 214

DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION et al.[1]

v.

TOWN OF OTIS and

George Dunn.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Argued April 9, 1998.

Decided September 4, 1998.

Andrew Ketterer, Attorney General, Lucinda E. White, Asst. Atty. Gen. (orally), Augusta, for plaintiff.

James E. Patterson (orally), Ellsworth, for George Dunn.

Bronson Platner, Ellsworth, for Town of Otis.

Before WATHEN, C.J., and CLIFFORD, RUDMAN, DANA, and SAUFLEY, JJ.

SAUFLEY, Justice.

[¶ 1] This appeal requires us to determine whether the Attorney General may appeal from the grant of a variance by a zoning…