O & G Industries, Inc. v. Planning & Zoning Commission

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether the plaintiff, O and G Industries, Inc., had an adequate remedy available from the defendant, the Beacon Falls planning and zoning commission (commission), and therefore was required to exhaust its administrative remedies prior to seeking relief in the Superior Court. The plaintiff instituted this action seeking a declaratory judgment that its earth processing operation, located on its land in Beacon Falls, constituted a valid nonconforming use of its land. The trial court dismissed the action for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the…