North Country Sportsman’s Club v. Town of Williston 2016-387 Hans Huessy successfully represented the North Country Sportsman’s Club, a skeet shooting range located in Williston, Vermont, from the Town’s efforts to restrict the Club’s operation and several citations for noise violations, which were rescinded. The Court’s decision means the Club can continue to operate consistent with […]
Decisions
Smugglers’ Notch Management Company, Ltd. V. Timothy M. White and Richard J. White, 115-5-13 LeCv
Smugglers’ Notch Management Company, Ltd. V. Timothy M. White and Richard J. White, 115-5-13 LeCv In this case, Hans Huessy is representing condominium owners that claim that the Smugglers Notch Resort has been overcharging them for certain services. Hans is attempting to get the claim certified as a class action involving all condominium owners at […]
Founders Lodge Condomium Association, Inc. v. Intrawest Stratton Development Corporation, 219-5-15 Wmcv
Founders Lodge Condomium Association, Inc. v. Intrawest Stratton Development Corporation, 219-5-15 Wmcv In this matter, Hans Huessy represented a condominium association at Stratton, Mountain. Hans sought, and obtained by way of summary judgment, a ruling that the developer was compelled to build the proposed second wing of the Founders project, based on statements and representations […]
Property Taxes Reduced by 25%
Attorney Huessy recently obtained substantial property tax savings for condominium owners in two Smugglers’ Notch Resort projects. Participating owners of Trailside Executive units will see their property taxes reduced by 25%, participating members in the Riverside II project, by 10%.
Champlain Oil Company
In re Champlain Oil Company, 19-2-16 Vtec (August 1, 2016) MSK successfully dismissed the City of Barre’s appeal of its Development Review Board’s approval of a gas station redevelopment, where the City Council disagreed with the DRB but lacked standing to appeal because the zoning regulations were not “at issue.”
Town of Swanton vs. Langlois
Town of Swanton v. Langlois, Nos. 48-5-15 Vtec, 148-12-15 Vtec, and 8-1-16 Vtec MSK successfully represented landowner in a zoning enforcement matter and on a related government estoppel claim, estopping the Town of Swanton from requiring the removal of the subject structure or payment of fines, after the Town’s Zoning Administrator made an informed […]
Brisson v. Town of Monkton
Brisson Stone LLC, Allan Brisson and Michael Brisson v. Town of Monkton and Claudia Orlandi 2014-455 MSK successfully represented a municipality in Environmental Division and Supreme Court appeals that upheld the municipality’s position that blasting, drilling, and crushing ledge rock for gravel product does not qualify as “gravel extraction” as permitted under the municipality’s zoning […]
Certificate of Occupancy
In re: Willowell Foundation Conditional Use Certificate of Occupancy (Andrew Higbee, Jr. and Sheryl Knauth) 2014-369 MSK represented a municipality in Environmental Division and Supreme Court appeals that upheld the municipal panel’s conditional use and site plan approvals for the construction of a community center and related improvements, with a change in approval conditions. Notably, […]
