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JSCL, LLC CU Permit, Docket No. 127-10-17 Vtec

December 16, 2022 by Deborah Sabourin

MSK successfully represented neighbors in a challenge to a proposed trucking depot night time use based upon noise issues. In this case, MSK challenged the applicant’s noise expert opinions which were based on calculations of impacts on projected noise measured over an hour. MSK argued, and the Court found, that people experienced noise instantaneously and […]

Filed Under: Decisions, Vermont Environmental Court

Re: Snyder Group, Inc. Act 250, Docket No. 107-10-18 Vtec

May 23, 2019 by Deborah Sabourin

MSK successfully represented a group of neighbors opposed to a proposed South Burlington housing development in a Vermont Superior Court – Environmental Division appeal in which the Court rejected the developer’s argument that the neighbors were not entitled to party status in the Act 250 proceeding concerning “primary agricultural soils.” In addition, the Court rejected […]

Filed Under: Decisions, Vermont Environmental Court

Hawkins Bay Lane Minor SD 91-7-17 Vtec

August 14, 2018 by Deborah Sabourin

MSK attorney Alexander LaRosa wins judgment upholding historic environmental Settlement Agreement in Hawkins Bay Minor SD, Docket No. 91-7-17 Vtec, Vermont Superior Court Environmental Division (August 7, 2018). MSK was engaged by concerned neighbors who wanted to uphold a historic settlement agreement that protected Lake Champlain shoreline from development. Following a one day bench trial, […]

Filed Under: Decisions, Vermont Environmental Court

Island Arts CU 41-4-17 Vtec

July 31, 2018 by Deborah Sabourin

MSK Attorneys successfully represented a local arts organization on a pro bono basis in an appeal of its local land use permit for its new art facility. Read Decision.

Filed Under: Decisions, Vermont Environmental Court

Old Lantern Non-Conforming Use, 154-12-15 Vtec

April 16, 2018 by Deborah Sabourin

Decision and Order Docket No. 154-12-15 Vtec Old Lantern Non-Conforming Use MSK successfully defended the Old Lantern, an event facility in Charlotte that opened in 1963, from challenges by neighbors to its status as a pre-existing non-conforming use, and from claims of discontinuance of use for a period of time, change of use, and allegedly […]

Filed Under: Decisions, Vermont Environmental Court

State of Vermont Announces Final Settlement With Vermont Association of Snow Travelers

September 28, 2017 by Deborah Sabourin

Hans Huessy, on behalf of VAST, successfully negotiated the suspension of the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail’s Act 250 permit.  In 2009, the Trail was determined to be subject to Act 250 jurisdiction and, as a result, VAST applied for and obtained a permit.  The permit hampered the development of the Trail and increased the cost […]

Filed Under: Decisions, Vermont Environmental Court

Champlain Oil Company

August 1, 2016 by MSK Attorneys

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.”

Filed Under: Decisions, Vermont Environmental Court

Town of Swanton vs. Langlois

August 1, 2016 by MSK Attorneys

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 […]

Filed Under: Decisions, Vermont Environmental Court

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