On September 10, Golden Anchor, L.C. (doing business as Harborside Pier) filed a complaint in Hancock County Superior Court challenging Chapter 52, the Cruise Ship Disembarkation Ordinance. The Council adopted Chapter 52 in June 2024 to implement Chapter 125-77H, the Land Use Ordinance provision limiting cruise ship disembarkation that was enacted by a citizen initiative in November 2022.

On September 18, Justice Thomas R. McKeon of the Maine Business and Consumer Docket of the Maine Superior Court granted the Town's motion to dismiss a complaint from resident Charles Sidman that arose out of the Bar Harbor Board of Appeals' decision to deny his administrative appeal concerning the Council's March 6^th statement related to the enforcement of Chapter 125-77H. Only one claim remains pending in an earlier lawsuit filed by Mr. Sidman related to that same March 6^th statement.

For court documents and more information see the Cruise Ship Information page.