Valente v. City of Westbrook

SCOLNIK, Justice.

The plaintiff, Michael A. Valente, III, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court, Cumberland County, entered pursuant to M.R.Civ.P. 80B affirming a decision of the City of Westbrook Planning Board (“Board”) denying his preliminary plan for a clustered subdivision development. Because the Board failed to state adequately its reasons for the denial of the plaintiffs preliminary plan, we vacate the judgment.

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In October 1986, Valente submitted a preliminary subdivision plan to the City of Westbrook proposing a 37 lot residential development of a parcel of land he owns in…