Town Can’t Levy Tax on Use of Its Airspace
An attempt to tax the neighboring city of Burlington for using airspace over Winooski has been thrown out by a court.
A two-judge panel on Wednesday ruled against Winooski’s lawsuit, in which the town tried to make Burlington pay $90,222 for the airspace used by planes at Burlington International Airport.
The lawsuit said the takeoffs and landings interfere with “Winooski property owners’ enjoyment of land and constitutes taking of Winooski land by Burlington.”
Chittenden County Superior Court Judge Matthew Katz and Assistant Judge Elizabeth Gretkowski rejected that reasoning.
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