Coppola v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The plaintiffs1 appeal from the judgment of the trial court dismissing their appeal from a decision of the defendant Derby zoning board of appeals (board). The board upheld the building inspector’s decision that the plaintiffs’ property was in two zones, R-5 and R-15, and that the zoning district boundary line did not follow the plaintiffs’ lot lines. The plaintiffs claim that the trial court’s dismissal should be reversed because (1) the court failed to find that the board acted illegally, arbitrarily, and in abuse of its discretion when it did not follow the clear language of the zoning…