The developers who sought to create a subdivision on the outskirts of Edgartown will appeal a recent superior court ruling that upheld the Martha’s Vineyard Commision’s denial of the project.
A Superior Court judge on Tuesday upheld the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s denial of a major Edgartown residential development, affirming the commission’s broad powers over development on the Island.
Two conflicting views on the broad powers of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to regulate development were aired in the weeklong civil trial which wrapped up on Tuesday.
A superior court trial that is expected to test the broad powers of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission to control development on the Island got underway early this week in Edgartown.
Developers of the Meetinghouse Place subdivision in Edgartown have appealed the Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s decision to deny the plan, setting up a potential court battle over the MVC’s broad powers.
A key Martha’s Vineyard Commission subcommittee informally, but strongly, recommended rejecting the 54-acre, 29-lot Meeting House Way subdivision on Monday.
After four exhaustive hearings and a mountain of correspondence, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission closed a public hearing last Thursday on one of the largest proposed subdivisions in decades.
