Maine Revised Statutes

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 4963 (2026)

Zoning adjustment

✓ current as of May 2026
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(REPEALED)
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1971, c. 455, §2 (NEW). PL 1971, c. 622, §112 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 280 (AMD). PL 1977, c. 630, §6 (AMD). PL 1979, c. 541, §A196 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 475, §§1,2 (AMD). PL 1983, c. 633 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 182, §2 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 583, §52 (AMD). PL 1987, c. 737, §§A1,C106 (RP). PL 1987, c. 766, §8 (RP). PL 1989, c. 6 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 9, §2 (AMD). PL 1989, c. 104, §§C8,C10 (AMD).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 35 cases, 1972–2014 · leading case: Thornton v. Lothridge, 447 A.2d 473 (Me. 1982).
Thornton v. Lothridge, 447 A.2d 473 (Me. 1982). · cites it 8× “80B, asserting that neither 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963 nor the Brunswick Zoning Ordinance authorizes the granting of the application of Brunswick Manor, Inc.”
Cushing v. Smith, 457 A.2d 816 (Me. 1983). · cites it 5× “Where, as in the instant case, the municipality has authorized the planning board to make the initial determination regarding a special exception permit, 6 then the planning board is “the office charged with the enforcement of the zoning ordinance” as contemplated by 30 M.R.S.A.…”
Fisher v. Dame, 433 A.2d 366 (Me. 1981). · cites it 3× “We held that in the area of zoning the legislature, by enacting 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963 and § 2411, 7 had provided a remedy at law, and that under the rationale of Stoddard and Lewiston, Greene and Monmouth Telephone Company that remedy, if adequate, must be taken to be exclusive.”
Caron v. City of Auburn, 567 A.2d 66 (Me. 1989). · cites it 4× “§§ 5951-5963 (1980), seeks a declaration that the variance was invalid because of the failure to record a proper certificate under 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963(3). 1 We affirm the dismissal of Count I because Caron failed to appeal the ZBA’s action in a timely manner.”
Fletcher v. Feeney, 400 A.2d 1084 (Me. 1979). · cites it 3× “An appeal from an initial zoning determination, before it may be presented for judicial review, must be considered by the appeals board provided by 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963. No valid authority has been cited to us giving any right of appeal to the courts from an initial decision of a…”
Leadbetter v. Ferris, 485 A.2d 225 (Me. 1984). · cites it 3× “Ferris did not present sufficient evidence to support the granting of his variance request under 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963 (1978 and Supp.1984-1985).”
Freeman v. Town of Southport, 568 A.2d 826 (Me. 1990). · cites it 5× “Effective February 28, 1989, 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963 is codified at 30-A M.”
Benjamin v. Houle, 431 A.2d 48 (Me. 1981). · cites it 3× “In Fletcher we held that “[a]n appeal from an initial zoning determination, before it may be presented for judicial review, must first be considered by the appeals board provided by 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963.” Id. at 1089. Because we find that the municipal regulation of excavation is…”
Silsby v. Allen's Blueberry Freezer, Inc., 501 A.2d 1290 (Me. 1985). · cites it 3× “30 M.R.S.A. § 4963 (1978 & Supp.1984-85) provides in pertinent part: § 4963.”
Sibley v. Inhabitants of Town of Wells, 462 A.2d 27 (Me. 1983). · cites it 2× “” 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963(3) (1978 & Supp. 1982-1983), which empowers municipal boards of appeal to grant variances, states: 3.”
Grand Beach Ass'n v. Town of Old Orchard Beach, 516 A.2d 551 (Me. 1986). · cites it 3× “The statutory basis for granting a variance is set forth at 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963(3) (Supp.1985) and provides as follows: 3.”
Cunningham v. Kittery Plan. Bd., 400 A.2d 1070 (Me. 1979). · cites it 2× “Since plaintiffs were seeking, in effect, collateral judicial review of the substantive merits of their claims of administrative violation of the 1977 Kittery zoning ordinance, their action for equitable relief was barred by the availability of a direct administrative remedy by…”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 4963(1) — 9 cases
Cushing v. Smith, 457 A.2d 816 (Me. 1983). “Where, as in the instant case, the municipality has authorized the planning board to make the initial determination regarding a special exception permit, 6 then the planning board is “the office charged with the enforcement of the zoning ordinance” as contemplated by 30 M.R.S.A.…”
Freeman v. Town of Southport, 568 A.2d 826 (Me. 1990). “Effective February 28, 1989, 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963 is codified at 30-A M.”
Perkins v. Town of Ogunquit, 1998 ME 42 (Me. 1998).
Fletcher v. Feeney, 400 A.2d 1084 (Me. 1979). “An appeal from an initial zoning determination, before it may be presented for judicial review, must be considered by the appeals board provided by 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963. No valid authority has been cited to us giving any right of appeal to the courts from an initial decision of a…”
Lakes Env't Ass'n v. Town of Naples, 486 A.2d 91 (Me. 1984).
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 4963(2)(A) — 1 case
Fitanides v. Perry, 537 A.2d 1139 (Me. 1988).
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 4963(2)(B) — 3 cases
Cushing v. Smith, 457 A.2d 816 (Me. 1983). “Where, as in the instant case, the municipality has authorized the planning board to make the initial determination regarding a special exception permit, 6 then the planning board is “the office charged with the enforcement of the zoning ordinance” as contemplated by 30 M.R.S.A.…”
Silsby v. Allen's Blueberry Freezer, Inc., 501 A.2d 1290 (Me. 1985). “30 M.R.S.A. § 4963 (1978 & Supp.1984-85) provides in pertinent part: § 4963.”
Thornton v. Lothridge, 447 A.2d 473 (Me. 1982). “80B, asserting that neither 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963 nor the Brunswick Zoning Ordinance authorizes the granting of the application of Brunswick Manor, Inc.”
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 4963(2)(C) — 1 case
Curtis v. Main, 482 A.2d 1253 (Me. 1984).
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 4963(3) — 14 cases
Caron v. City of Auburn, 567 A.2d 66 (Me. 1989). “§§ 5951-5963 (1980), seeks a declaration that the variance was invalid because of the failure to record a proper certificate under 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963(3). 1 We affirm the dismissal of Count I because Caron failed to appeal the ZBA’s action in a timely manner.”
Sibley v. Inhabitants of Town of Wells, 462 A.2d 27 (Me. 1983). “” 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963(3) (1978 & Supp. 1982-1983), which empowers municipal boards of appeal to grant variances, states: 3.”
Cushing v. Smith, 457 A.2d 816 (Me. 1983). “Where, as in the instant case, the municipality has authorized the planning board to make the initial determination regarding a special exception permit, 6 then the planning board is “the office charged with the enforcement of the zoning ordinance” as contemplated by 30 M.R.S.A.…”
Marchi v. Town of Scarborough, 511 A.2d 1071 (Me. 1986).
— Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 30, § 4963(3)(A) — 4 cases
Grand Beach Ass'n v. Town of Old Orchard Beach, 516 A.2d 551 (Me. 1986). “The statutory basis for granting a variance is set forth at 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963(3) (Supp.1985) and provides as follows: 3.”
Leadbetter v. Ferris, 485 A.2d 225 (Me. 1984). “Ferris did not present sufficient evidence to support the granting of his variance request under 30 M.R.S.A. § 4963 (1978 and Supp.1984-1985).”
Anderson v. Swanson, 534 A.2d 1286 (Me. 1987).
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