Taylor v. Town of Wakefield

Greg and Gail Taylor, trustees of Shady Acres Realty Trust, challenge a Superior Court (Fitzgerald, J.) order affirming a decision of the Town of Wakefield Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) granting, with conditions, an equitable waiver for a thirty-five-foot wide waterfront access easement from land owned by intervenors Peter and Amy Harrington over the Taylors’ waterfront lot. Because we conclude that the superior court erred in concluding that the evidence supported the ZBA finding that the intervenors met the requirements of RSA 674:33-a, 1(b) (2006), we reverse.

The record supports the…