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· 8/20/1992

F.S. Plummer Co. v. Town of Cape Elizabeth

Citations

  • 612 A.2d 856
  • 23 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20190
  • 1992 Me. LEXIS 217

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that 80B appeals only lie from conduct by Town serving an 4 administrative or quasi-judicial function, not from le gislative decisions
  • indicating that both the enactment and amendment of a zoning ordinance are legislative acts
  • “Zoning is a legislative act, and the adoption of a zoning amendment, like the enactment of the original zoning ordinance[,] is also a legislative act.” (alterations, citation, and quotation marks omitted)
  • \Judicial review of a zoning ordinance amendment may be obtained by an action seeking a declaratory judgment.\
  • \Reliance on oral unauthorized representations of a municipal official ... is unreasonable as a matter of law.\
  • denial of zoning change request proper because in basic harmony with comprehensive plan

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Judges: Wathen, Roberts, Glassman, Clifford, Collins, Rudman

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