Comley, State's Attorney, Ex Rel. Rowell v. Boyle

The relator is the owner of an undivided one-half interest and a lessee of the other half, in an unoccupied rectangular tract of land in the city of Stamford, forty by fifty feet in size. This tract is situated in a section which is established by the building code of that city as a “fire district” or as “fire limits,” and is also within a business zone as defined by the zoning regulations of the city.

Chapter X of the revised charter of the city creates a building commission of seven members, one being the building inspector of the city, three being the building committee of the common…