With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". way constitute a taking.” Burrows v. City of Keene, 121 N.H. 590, 598, 432 A.2d 15, 20 (1981) (quotation omitted). An easement is a property interest, and a taking of that interest — whether temporary or permanent — would entitle the plaintiff to just compensation. See Price v. City of Keene, 122 N.H. 840, 841-42, 451 A.2d 382, 383 (1982); Capitol Plumbing & Heating Supply Co. v. State, 116 N.H. 513, 515, 363 A.2d 199, 200-01 (1976); see also First Lutheran Church v. Los Angeles County, 482 U.S. 304, 318 (1987). A taking may result from the application of an ordinance lacking a valid purpose or from restrictions unreasonably burdening a particular property owner. See Burrows, 121 N.H. at 598, 432 A.2d at 20; cf. Metzger v. Town of Brentwood, 117 N.H. 497, 503, 374 A.2d 954, 958 (1977) (<HOLDING>). The plaintiff argues that the town meeting

A: holding in an inverse condemnation case that the abutting landowners right of direct access was subservient to the city of portlands proper exercise of its governmental powers for purposes of public safety and convenience and that the elimination of access from the landowners property to the affected street did not constitute a taking
B: holding that ordinance conferred unbridled discretion where issuance of permit was subject to broad findings that proposed use will not have a harmful effect upon the health or welfare of the general public and will not be detrimental to the welfare of the general public and will not be detrimental to the aesthetic quality of the community or the surrounding land uses
C: holding that ordinance which generally promotes public welfare is unreasonable and unconstitutional as applied to landowners property
D: holding that the burden of overcoming a zoning ordinances presumption of validity is satisfied when it is shown that the ordinance does not bear a substantial relation to the public health safety morals or general welfare
C.