Archambault v. Wadlow

The defendant Waterford zoning board of appeals (board)1 denied the plaintiff landowners’ application for a variance from the setback requirements of the Waterford zoning regulations. The trial court sustained the plaintiffs’ appeal and, upon certification from this court, the board appealed.

The salient facts are as follows. The plaintiffs, Leo J. and Mary J. Arehambault, purchased the subject parcel of land by deed in 1968. At the same time, the plaintiffs also purchased a thirty-two acre parcel contiguous to the subject lot. The subject lot, which was created as a distinct parcel in 1929,…