Francini v. Zoning Board of Appeals

This is a landowner’s appeal challenging the validity of the denial of his application for a variance. The plaintiff, William R. Francini, applied to the defendant, the zoning board of appeals of the town of Old Lyme, for a variance from the zoning regulations governing minimum lot area. After a hearing, the board *787denied the plaintiff’s application, and he appealed the board’s decision to the Superior Court pursuant to General Statutes § 8-8 (b).1 The trial court dismissed the plaintiff’s appeal, thus upholding the board’s denial of the variance. Upon the granting of certification by the…