Publication Date: 2022-11-08
Practice Area: Administrative Law
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Court: Delaware Superior Court
Judge: Judge Primos
Attorneys: For plaintiff: John W. Paradee, Stephen A. Spence, Brian V. Demott, Mackenzie M. Peet, Baird Mandalas Brockstedt, LLC, Dover, DE for appellant.
for defendant: Frederick A. Townsend, III, Hudson, Jones, Jaywork & Fisher, Dover, DE; Craig T. Eliassen, Schmittinger & Rodriguez, P.A., Dover, DE for appellee.
Case Number: K22A-02-003 NEP
Court reversed the decision of the county's zoning board finding that their denial of an application to construct an "accessory cottage," was inconsistent with the plain and unambiguous meaning of the zoning code. Although the zoning board argued that the application should be denied because it would require the construction of a new building rather than an addition to an already existing outbuilding, the court noted that this was inconsistent with the code which made no mention of whether an outbuilding could be constructed to qualif