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Zoning Bulletin August 10, 2017 I Volume 11 I Issue 15 <br />nexus" between their "cultural sensitivities" and those enumerated conditions <br />the Board was required to consider. Accordingly, the court concluded that <br />absent that substantial nexus, the Board did not err in concluding that <br />Donaldson's CUP would not "create an adverse cultural impact on vicinal <br />properties or that such impact will be above and beyond those ordinarily as- <br />sociated with funeral home and mortuary uses in the RR-DEO zoning district." <br />See also: Schultz v. Fritts, 291 Md. 1, 432 A.2d 1319 (1981). <br />See also: Anderson a Sawyer, 23 Md. App. 612, 329A.2d 716 (1974).. <br />Nonconforming Use/Due Process <br />Neighbor appeals town grant of <br />permits to expand applicant's <br />nonconforming structure <br />Neighbor argues town misinterpreted ordinance, as well <br />as violated his due process rights with ex parte emails <br />Citation: Wolfram v. Town of North Haven, 2017 ME 114, 2017 WL <br />2438530 (Me. 2017) <br />MAINE (06/06/17)—This case addressed the issue of whether a town's <br />grant of a land use permit for the expansion of a nonconforming use violated <br />the local ordinance governing nonconforming structures, including area and <br />lot coverage restrictions. It also addressed whether an objector's due process <br />rights were violated by bias and ex parte communications. <br />The Background/Facts: Nebo Lodge, Inc. and Nebo Real Estate, LLC <br />(collectively, "Nebo") owned property in the Village District in the Town of <br />North Haven (the "Town"). The size of the Nebo property was less than the <br />20,000-square-foot minimum lot in the Village District. Accordingly, the two <br />existing structures on the Nebo property were nonconforming. One of the two <br />structures, a lodge, which housed an inn and restaurant, had been renovated <br />and expanded in 2009 and 2010. In October 2013, Nebo filed applications for <br />land use permits, seeking to tear down the majority of the second structure, a <br />"bungalow," rebuild it as an "annex," and increase its size, and change its use <br />to include staff housing, an office, storage, and a kitchen. <br />The Town's Planning Board approved Nebo's applications with conditions. <br />The owner of the property across the street from Nebo's property, Steven <br />Wolfram ("Wolfram"), opposed Nebo's land use permit applications. Wolfram <br />appealed the Town's approval of the permits to the Town's Board of Appeals <br />("BOA"). The BOA affirmed the Planning Board's decision. <br />Wolfram appealed to the Superior Court, which affirmed the BOA's <br />decision. <br />Wolfram again appealed. Wolfram contended that the BOA erred in <br />interpreting various provisions in the Town's Land -Use Ordinance (the <br />© 2017 Thomson Reuters 9 <br />