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· 2/12/1988

In Re McCormick Management Co., Inc.

Citations

  • 547 A.2d 1319
  • 149 Vt. 585
  • 1988 Vt. LEXIS 82

How courts have described this case

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  • rejecting developer's argument that it obtained vested development rights by filing its subdivision plat before enactment of local zoning ordinance
  • rejecting developer’s argument that it obtained vested development rights by filing its subdivision plat before enactment of local zoning ordinance
  • where “the legislature has dictated how th[e] policy considerations should apply,” the Smith rule does not control
  • goal of zoning is to eliminate nonconforming uses; rules that protect preexisting small lots in affiliated ownership undermine that legislative policy
  • construe statutes that are part of same overall scheme in pari materia
  • a goal of zoning is to eliminate nonconforming uses

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Judges: Allen, Peck, Dooley, Mahady, Keyser

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