Shell Oil Co. v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The plaintiff Lemuel O. Gflaubinger is the owner and the named plaintiff is the lessee of a two-bay automotive service station which is in a B-l zone of Bloomfield. The plaintiffs desire to add a third service bay to their station. An automotive service station is a specially permitted use in a B-1 zone. Bloomfield Zoning Regs., art. 2 § 8, art. 4 § 3, art. 5 § 5 (Rev. 1965). The defendant board is required to pass on all applications for special permits. Bloomfield Zoning Regs., art. 5 § 5 (A) (4) (Rev. 1965). A special permit for a structure, such as that proposed by the plaintiffs, could…