Legal Opinion
Forest Construction Co. v. Planning & Zoning Commission
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 19, 1967PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCotter, J.
The plaintiff appealed to the Court of Common Pleas from a refusal of the defendant, the town planning and zoning commission of Bethany, for preliminary approval of its plan for a subdivision of its property. The court rendered judgment sustaining the appeal, and from that judgment the present appeal has been taken.
The plaintiff owns approximately 275.4 acres of land in the towns of Bethany and Woodbridge. The Bethany land is in an R-65,000 zone. On August 3, 1965, it filed an application with the defendant commission, seeking preliminary approval of a 113-lot subdivision of a large parcel of…
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