Bora v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The defendant Harold D. Stephanak is the owner of a two-story building located on Rowayton Avenue in the city of Norwalk. He had bought the premises approximately two years prior to his application for a variance from the Norwalk zoning regulations and had leased them approximately eight years prior thereto. He has resided on the second floor and has utilized the first floor as a woodworking shop during the whole period of his occupancy. He desired to discontinue his woodworking shop and to operate a cafe where alcoholic liquor will be sold for on-premises consumption. Both the woodworking…