Planning & Zoning Commission v. Synanon Foundation, Inc.

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a denial by the court of an injunction against the defendants. The issue is singular and unique in its facts. The appeal raises the question whether the court erred in failing to find that the defendant Synanon Foundation, Inc., was in violation of § 1 (B) (1) of chapter 3 of the Westport zoning regulations (1958, as amended), which limits the occupancy of dwellings in the town’s AAA residential zone to “one family per lot.” It should be emphasized that the nature of Synanon’s program, ¡ which may be meritorious, is not involved as an issue in this…