Jonathan Day v. Board of Environmental Protection

[¶ 1] Carol Reece appeals and Jonathan Day cross-appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Kennebec County, Marden, J.) vacating the Board of Environmental Protection’s decision granting Reece’s application for a coastal sand dune permit to create a vehicle access way to her property abutting Popham Beach, and to develop a lawn and walkway on the property. Reece’s property is currently undeveloped, and she has not proposed placing any type of building on the land. See 2 C.M.R. 06 096 355-2 § 3(F) (2014).

[¶ 2] The Board reached a de novo decision in March 2014 after abutting…