Little v. Town of Rye

This is an appeal by the Town of Rye from a decree of the Rockingham County Superior Court (Mullavey, J.) granting a variance to William H. Little and reversing a decision of the Rye Zoning Board of Adjustment. We uphold the court’s decree.

Little purchased a vacant parcel of land in the Town of Rye in 1974. At the time of purchase, that lot was in a subdivision approved for residential use. In 1976, Little partially land-filled the lot and obtained a permit from the New Hampshire Water Supply and Pollution Control Commission for the installation of a septic system. In March of 1977, the Town…