Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Shark Tank Strategies, LLC v. Town of Scarborough
March 10, 20262026 ME 22
Summary
The Court affirmed the denial of the Applicants’ medical cannabis cultivation-facility license applications because the applications were not “pending” when Scarborough amended its zoning ordinance to impose a setback requirement they could not meet. Under 1 M.R.S. § 302, an application becomes pending only after the reviewing authority conducts substantive review of whether it satisfies applicable legal criteria. The staff completeness determination and customary first reading were preliminary and non-substantive. No separate opinions were filed.