O'Toole v. City of Portland

[¶ 1] The City of Portland appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court (Cumberland County, Crowley, J.) vacating the City of Portland Zoning Board of *557Appeals’ denial of Hannah O’Toole’s application for a practical difficulty variance. The City argues that the judgment should be vacated and the Board’s decision affirmed because O’Toole failed to establish that her need for a variance was due to the unique circumstances of her property and not to the general condition of the neighborhood, and that no other feasible alternative was available to her except a variance. We conclude that,…