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STATEOFNEWHAMPSHIRE

CARROLL,SS. NORTHERNDISTRICTCOURT

Town of Bartlett.NH

V,

L,dFurlong-lII dlblaLil' Man SnowmobileRentals

DocketNo. 09-CV-003

TOWN OF BARTLETT'S REQUESTSFOR FINDINGS OF FACTAND RULINGS OF LAW

NOW COMES he Town of Bartlett the Town"), by and hrough ts attorneys.

Donahue. ucker& Ciandella. LLC and espectiulll, ubmits heseRequestsor Findings f

FactandRulings f Lau'.F'ol lowinghehearing cl"reduledbr January 8.2012,heTown

respectfulll'requestshis Courl ind and ule as ol lolvs:

Requestsor Findingsof Fact

l. The Delbndant. dwardFurlong "thc Defendant")s the ownerof thepropertl,at

1455Rte302 n Barl lett. H ("theProperty").

2. During hc lail of 2008 . heDef-endantenovated tructures n thePropertl,.'hese

renovationsncluded he construction 1'a ean-1o ntoan existingstructure,nternal

modificationsncludingdrywall and inishwork. re-siding f a structure. nd eplacementf

windowsanddoors.

3. Following he observation f r enovation ork on the PropertS,'1,Town

personnel.he BartlettBoardof Seiectmen"theSelectmen") learlyand unequivocally dvi sed

theDefendanthathe needed buildingpermit or the renovations e wascommissioning t the

Property. heDefendant 'asadvisedha the needed permitby letterdatedOctober17,2008.

b-v ease nddesist oticedatedNovember7, 2008andby the Selectmen t theirmeeting f



November . 2008.

4, TheSelectmen'sease nddesist oticeof November7. 2008advisedhe

Defendanthathe violated he BartlettZoningOrdinance.ha the was o cease ll construction.

and ha the had he ieht to appealhe decisiono the BartlettZoningBoard f Appeals.

5' In addition o the oregoing xpress otice. he Def'endant asclearlyawareof

the equirenrentor a buildingpermit.Prior o the fall of 2008, he Defendant oushtand

obtained buildingpermit o screenn a porchat one of thepropeft1,'sstructures.

6. After beingadvised f the needof a builcling ermit, he Defendanthercafter

submittedwo (2 ) ncornplete pplicationsor a buirdingpermit.

7. Afier receiptof each ncomplete pplication.he Boardadvisedhe Defendantn

rvriting ha t hc applications ere nsufflcient. he noticesof incomplete pplication lso

specif icall l"explainedo theDefendant hataddit ionalnformationvas eeded.

8. TheDefendant eversubmitted n-v-urtherapplicationmaterials r infbrmation.

andcompleted is work u,ithouta permit.

9' TheSelcctmenssued LandUseCitationon December 2,2008,whichadvised

theDelbndant f finesof $275 or the irstday and$550 or everyday he violatio' continues

thereafter.

10 ' To date. he Def-encianltill hasno tobtained buildingpermit br work

accornplishedt theProperty.

Requestsor Rulings of Law

I I . TheTown of BartlettZoningOrdinanceequires esidentso obtaina buildine

permitwhen

" ..'(2) intending o build,construct r modifl,' internailyand/or xternally) nd structureor taxable roperty n theTown of Bartiett internalmodif-rcationil l requirea buildins



andusepermitunless uchchanges ill no t changehe egallyassessedalueof astructure r will not result n increased aily florvof septage,.g .addinga bathroom,bedroom. ireplace, tc.).or (3) intending o change parcelof landor building rom onecategory f use. ncludingunused and. o another se .] "

Town of BartlettZoningOrdinance. rticle XVII (B).

12. Article XVII (B) required he Defendanto obtaina buildingpermirprior o

accomplishinghe work don on the Propert,vn the fall of 2008.The Defendant ommissioned

significant xternal emodeling.ncludingnevn iding.newwindows.new doors,anda lean-to.

TheDeicndant'snternalmodifications erealsosignificant.modif'rring shed nto a cabin ha t

he rents1o he public.Not only was he nternal inishingsignificant. ut the structures now

producesncome athcr iranmerelystorage. nder hecircumstances.he nlcrnalmodifications

increasehe valueof 1he tructure. ndare notde minimus.

13. TheDefendant asawareof theneed o obtaina buildingpermitprior to making

his renol'ations.n addition o havingexpress oliceof the buildingpermit equirementrom thc

Sclectmen.he Defendar-rtiledanapplicationor a buildingpermit.and n thepasthad sought

andobtaincd permit or similarwork.

14. TheDef'endants thereforen violation o the Tou,nof BartlettZoningOrdinance.

15. The Defendant'siolat ion f thezoningordinanceasgoneon for a totalof f . i32

days.calculatedrorn he dateo1-theand usecitation o thedateof the inal hearinsonJanuary

I 8 .2 0 1 2 .

16 . Ner.vHarnpshire tatuteRSA 676:17provides or statutoril.v andatedinesof

$275 or the first da1'ofviolation.and$550 or everyda1,1h.r.ut-erhat he violationcontinues.

See, SA 676:17( I ) . achdaythat thev io lat ioncont inues isaseparateof fense.d.

17. This casenvolveda lengthl,appeal. heCourtwill provide he Defendant

creditagainstheda1'sn violationwhile the appeal ,aspending. he Town assentso this



theTown within sixtv(60)daysof thedateof the court's approval.

Respectfullr.ubmitted.TOWN OF BARTLETT.Bf its attomevs,

DONAHUE, TUCKER & CIANDELLA. PLLC,/7/ .

ts:: (--'L '49'

Ch225WaterStreetExeter. H 03833(603) 78-0686chil [email protected] 17116

Date: anuary 8,2012

CERTIFICATIONOF SERVICE

. ,.,,.I herebl'ccrtifi' that a copy of tl"reoregoingRequest1b rFindingsand Itulings has hi s

18"'day f . lanuary'.012. een anddelivcredo the pro sedef-endant.

f rlu-Christoplier' . LI i lson, sq.

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