Caserta v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The defendant zoning board of appeals of the city of Milford (board)1 appeals from the judg*79ment of the trial court sustaining the plaintiffs appeal from the board’s decision upholding the revocation of the plaintiffs zoning permit. First, the board claims that the trial court improperly considered the plaintiffs intent to reestablish a nonconforming use of the subject property instead of considering the prior owners’ intent. Second, the board claims that if the trial court properly considered the plaintiffs intent to reestablish the nonconforming use, then, in doing so, it improperly assumed…