Wood v. Valliant

Opinion by

Meredith, J.

In 2002, Davis Wood, appellant, obtained a building permit from the Town of St. Michaels and began constructing an addition to a residential structure at 203 Green Street. After the addition was substantially completed in 2004, one of Mr. Wood’s neighbors complained to the Town’s Zoning Inspector that the addition appeared to violate the rear setback restriction line. At the time, James Valliant, appellee, held a life estate interest in the property at 205 Green Street. For reasons we will explain in more detail later in this opinion, the Town never initiated a zoning…