Opinion ID: 2314824
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Heading: sufficiency of the evidence

Text: The Board of Appeals found, as had the Planning Board, that the Lentines' proposal did not meet the requirements of section 13(F)(4). Because the Lentines had the burden of proof to establish that they had satisfied all requirements for approval, see Bruk v. Town of Georgetown, 436 A.2d 894, 898 (Me.1981), they to prevail on appeal... must show not only that those Board findings ... are unsupported by record evidence, but also that the record compels contrary findings. Grant's Farm Assoc., Inc. v. Town of Kittery, 554 A.2d 799, 801 (Me.1989) (citing Luce Co. v. Hoefler, 464 A.2d 213, 215 (Me.1983)). Clearly, this record does not compel the finding that the Lentines' proposed wharf met the requirements of section 13(F)(4). Indeed, there was ample evidence to show both that its size would interfere with other uses of Teel Cove and that it could have been smaller and still adequately meet the Lentines' needs. The Board had before it evidence that a wharf of the proposed size would interfere with the existing conditions, use, and character of the cove by, for example, creating a danger of ice pile-up that would threaten neighbors' property and businesses. The record before the Board of Appeals plainly does not compel a finding that the Lentines' proposed wharf would comply with the two size limitations imposed by section 13(F)(4). The entry is: Judgment affirmed. All concurring.