Spero v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the defendant, the zoning board of appeals of the town of Guilford (board), unreasonably interpreted the meaning of a Guilford zoning regulation permitting the use of a “food and beverage take-out service from within [a restaurant] building” and excluding “takeout service windows” to prohibit the use of an outside ordering station for the placing of orders for take-out food and beverages. The trial court determined that the board’s interpretation of the regulation was reasonable and upheld the board’s decision denying the application of the…