In Re Scheiber

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a shooting range was not a land development requiring a zoning permit
• noting that “accessory uses have traditionally involved such various activities as home occupations, tennis courts, and airplane 8 hangers”
• describing Scheiber’s concern “was based primarily on the fact that the weapons were fired in the general direction of his house.”
• construing certain recreational activities as “neither regulated nor contemplated” by zoning ordinance
• describing three occasions where landowners “used the range in connection with a rifle safety course for the benefit of the local chapter of the American Pistol and Rifle Association,” which had also “held four annual picnics at the range”
• “[D]e minimis uses of private property . . . are neither regulated nor contemplated by the zoning regulations.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Laberge Moto-Cross Track
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2011-01-06· cited 68×
• In Re Appeal of Miller
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1999-10-08· cited 33×
• In Re Willette
  D. Vermont· 2008-10-17· cited 9×
• In Re Brewster River Mountain Bike Club, Inc. Conditional Use Application (David Demarest & Jeff Moulton, Appellants)
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2025-01-17· cited 3×
• Laberge NOV
  Vermont Superior Court· 2015-10-15
• Brady Sullivan SV, LLC NOV
  Vermont Superior Court· 2014-09-26
• Fowler NOV
  Vermont Superior Court· 2013-02-04
• In re: Appeal of Jeffrey Jacobs (Decision and Order on Appellant's Motion for Summary Judgment)
  Vermont Superior Court· 2001-06-08
• Brewster River Mountain Bike Club CU Application - Decision on Merits
  Vermont Superior Court· 2023-12-21
• Benson Road Site Plan & Condition Use - Decision on Motion
  Vermont Superior Court· 2021-12-02

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mazziotti v. Allstate Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-05-13· cited 145×
• Langle v. Kurkul
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1986-01-24· cited 115×
• Secretary, Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. Handy Family Enterprises
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-04-14· cited 40×
• Chatham v. Donaldson
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1961-10-13· cited 23×
• Route 4 Associates v. Town of Sherburne Planning Commission
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-06-15· cited 16×