Arnold Bernhard & Co. v. Planning & Zoning Commission

The principal issue on this appeal is whether the town of Westport is authorized by statute to enact a zoning moratorium. The plaintiff, Arnold Bernhard and Company, Inc., appealed from the decision of the defendant, Westport planning and zoning commission (commission), imposing a nine month moratorium on the acceptance and granting of applications for business development within a fourteen acre section of the Westport business district in which the plaintiff owns a piece of property. The plaintiff sought declaratory and injunctive relief to invalidate the moratorium, and to direct the…