Stephen E. Forster d/b/a Forster's Christmas Tree Farm & Gift Shoppe v. Town of Henniker

The petitioner, Stephen E. Forster d/b/a Forster’s Christmas Tree Farm & Gift Shoppe, appeals a decision of the Superior Court {Smukler, J.) upholding the determination by the zoning board of adjustment (ZBA) for the respondent, the Town of Henniker (Town), that “weddings [and] like events are not accessory uses” to the petitioner’s farm and that hosting such events is not a permitted use in the farm’s zoning district. Because we conclude that the petitioner has not established, as he argues, that he has a right to conduct commercial weddings and similar events on his farm, without obtaining…