Graff v. Zoning Board of Appeals

I agree with the majority’s conclusion that the trial court’s judgment, reversing the *676decision of the named defendant, the zoning board of appeals of the town of Killingworth (board), that upheld a cease and desist order requiring the plaintiff, Nicole S. Graff, to reduce the number of pet dogs on her property to four, must be reversed. I write separately, however, to address an important aspect of the plaintiffs claim of right to keep her fourteen dogs, which the majority does not address directly.

The principal thrust of the plaintiffs claim is that the board expressly has exempted household…