Horn v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The plaintiff applied to the Norwalk zoning inspector for a certificate of zoning compliance as a prerequisite to obtaining a building permit. The zoning inspector denied the application on the basis of his finding that the lot in question (30A) had merged with an adjacent lot (109). That decision was upheld by the zoning board of appeals but subsequently was reversed by the trial court which found that the record did not support a finding of merger. The defendant board appealed to this court.

The defendant made five claims of error.1 In view of our conclusion that the trial court substituted…