Legal Opinion
Dinan v. Board of Zoning Appeals
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 13, 1991No. 14208PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShea, J.
The plaintiffs, James and Darlene Dinan, appealed from a decision of the defendant board of zoning appeals of the town of Stratford (board) sustaining a cease and desist order of the zoning enforcement officer that directed them to terminate the use of their property, which is located in a single-family residence zone of Stratford, as a rooming house. The trial court sustained the appeal, holding, inter alia, that the defi*63nition of “family” in § 1.18 of the Stratford zoning regulations as “[a]ny number of individuals related by blood, marriage or adoption, living together as a single…
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