Homart Development Co. v. Planning & Zoning Commission

This appeal arises from a judgment of the trial court dismissing the plaintiff developer’s *213appeal from the denial of its zone change application by the defendant planning and zoning commission. The plaintiff submitted the application in order to have certain land in Watertown redesignated as a Planned Regional Shopping District (PRSD) zone, pursuant to the town’s zoning regulations, as a precedent to the construction of the proposed Watertown Mall. The plaintiff argues that the trial court should not have upheld the action of the commission, claiming that it was illegal, arbitrary and an…