River Bend Associates, Inc. v. Conservation & Inland Wetlands Commission

Opinion

VERTEFEUILLE, J.

The plaintiffs, River Bend Associates, Inc., and Griffin Land and Nurseries, Inc., appeal from the judgment of the trial court dismissing then-appeal from the denial by the defendant conservation and inland wetlands commission of the town of Sims-bury of the plaintiffs’ application for an inland wetlands permit (application) submitted in conjunction with a proposed affordable housing development in Sims-bury.1 The issues presented in this appeal are whether the trial court properly: (1) concluded that the defendant may regulate activities in upland areas2 of the…