{"id":898,"date":"2012-05-22T18:15:39","date_gmt":"2012-05-22T22:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/?p=898"},"modified":"2012-05-22T18:15:39","modified_gmt":"2012-05-22T22:15:39","slug":"penobscot-area-housing-development-corp-v-city-of-brewer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.miblaw.com\/lawschool\/penobscot-area-housing-development-corp-v-city-of-brewer\/","title":{"rendered":"Penobscot Area Housing Development Corp. v. City of Brewer, 434 A.2d 14 (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong> The Penobscot Area Housing Development Corp. is a nonprofit organization that provides housing for retarded citizens. The Penobscot Housing Corp. was denied an occupancy certificate for a house it purchased because the home was to be used as a &#8220;group home for six adults or older minors&#8221; which did &#8220;not meet the terms of the City of Brewer&#8217;s zoning ordinance as a single family.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedural History:<\/strong> The Superior Court affirmed the Board&#8217;s affirmation of the Brewer City enforcement officer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Issue:<\/strong> Whether the requirement of a domestic bond would have been met by the relationship forged among the residents themselves as they lived and worked together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Holding:<\/strong> Rejected the Penobscot Area Housing Corp&#8217;s position because the concept of &#8220;domestic bond&#8221; within the context of the ordinance implies the existence of a traditional family-like structure of household authority.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reasoning:<\/strong> The reviewing court&#8217;s function is only to determine whether the decision of the Board of Appeals was unlawful, arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable. 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