Title: Appeal of Gregoire

State: vermont

Issuer: Vermont Supreme Court

Document:

Appeal of Gregoire (98-508); 170 Vt. 556; 742 A.2d 1232

[Filed 21-Oct-1999]

                                 ENTRY ORDER

                       SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 98-508

                            SEPTEMBER TERM, 1999

Appeal of Gary and Suzanne Gregoire	 }	APPEALED FROM:
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     	                                 }	Environmental Court
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	                                 }	DOCKET NO. 47-3-98 Vtec

             In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter:

       The Town of Colchester appeals a decision of the Environmental Court
  granting summary  judgment to camp owners Gary and Suzanne Gregoire and
  denying summary judgment to the  Town.  The court held that the camps owned
  by the Gregoires were not subject to Colchester  Zoning Regulations that
  prohibit the resumption of nonconforming uses after abandonment.  We 
  disagree and remand for a determination of whether the camps'
  nonconforming-use status has been  abandoned within the meaning of the
  applicable zoning requirements.

       This is the second time this Court has had occasion to review the
  application of Colchester  Zoning Regulations to the lot and its camps.  We
  previously observed that the lot in question did  not conform to zoning
  requirements because it contained multiple structures, but upheld the 
  decision of the Chittenden Superior Court that the former landowners
  (Beverly and Debra Lowe)  did not need a zoning or subdivision permit to
  convert the six single-family rental camps on the lot  to condominium
  ownership.  See In re Lowe, 164 Vt. 167,