One of the largest housing proposals in recent memory, Green Villa has filed a lawsuit against the Martha’s Vineyard Commission that claims the regional planning agency should not be involved in permitting for "40B" affordable housing projects.
The lawsuit filed by Ted Scallet and his wife Roberta over an accessory dwelling unit in Edgartown could be the first challenge under the state's major housing legislation passed last year.
Melinda Loberg, a former Tisbury select board member, filed a lawsuit against Havenside, saying the guests and tenants of the facility were illegally crossing her land to get to Vineyard Haven harbor.
A Land Court judge ruled that the Oak Bluffs planning board was within its rights to grant the Four Sisters Inn on Narragansett avenue a special permit.
Mary Bernadette Budginer-Cormie, along with her husband Leigh Paul Cormie, filed a lawsuit with the state Land Court earlier this month, seeking a reevaluation of the zoning’s board denial of her previous appeal on 97 Spring street.
A state Land Court ruling last week involving a Nantucket rental home could set a precedent for how municipalities on the Vineyard handle vacation rentals, Vineyard officials said.
During its meeting Thursday evening, the Oak Bluffs finance committee agreed to send a letter to the planning board encouraging it not to use town funds to pursue the appeal.
The Chilmark Community Church and the overarching United Methodist Church organization it has been part of for years are scheduled to meet with a mediator in December to discuss the dispute over the church grounds on Menemsha Crossroad.
The Nov. 3 status conference will be the first court proceeding since the judge ruled in September that the Oak Bluffs planning board went beyond its authority when it denied the school’s turf field plans.
