Ryan v. City of Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment

The defendants Elizabeth and George Karoutsos appeal a Superior Court (Goode, J.) order setting aside the decision of the defendant City of Manchester Zoning Board of Adjustment (board) granting Mr. and Mrs. Karoutsos a variance. We affirm.

In October 1976, Mr. and Mrs. Karoutsos purchased a single-family home on Cotter Court in Manchester. Because Mrs. Karoutsos had been ill and could not work outside the home, she applied in January 1977 to the board for a variance so that she could operate a beauty salon in the basement of her home. The application was opposed by the plaintiffs, William…