Town of Hinesburg v. Paul Dunkling

Summary

The court affirmed the grant of summary judgment to the Town because the zoning board’s certified mailing of its minutes, together with the circumstances surrounding the hearing, provided legally sufficient notice and triggered the appeal period. The court also held that the statutory fine was civil and remedial rather than criminal, so criminal-process protections were not required, and upheld the trial court’s discretionary method for calculating the fine. The matter was remanded only to determine the final amount of the fine.