Opinion ID: 2379774
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Untimely Appeal

Text: [¶ 7] Tarason argues that the Town failed to appeal the issuance of various building and plumbing permits to the ZBA. Tarason contends that the CEO's enforcement actions constitute an untimely appeal from the prior issuance of the permits, and the ZBA lacked jurisdiction to hear the appeal. The Town counters that Tarason failed to raise this issue before the ZBA and, therefore, cannot raise the issue for the first time on appeal. [¶ 8] The Town is correct. Tarason's rather unique claim that the CEO's enforcement actions were an appeal of the previous CEO's actions in issuing the building and plumbing permits should have been raised before the ZBA. Because this claim was not raised before the ZBA, Tarason has failed to preserve it. See New England Whitewater Ctr., Inc. v. Dep't of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, 550 A.2d 56, 58 (Me.1988).