Miller v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The plaintiff appealed to the trial court from the denial by the Westport zoning board of appeals (board) of his request for a variance. On appeal to this court, the plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly found that the board had not abused its discretion in denying the variance. The dispositive issue is whether *99the board and the trial court correctly concluded that the plaintiffs property had merged with an adjoining property that the plaintiff once owned. We reverse the judgment.1

The plaintiff owns an undeveloped lot at 5 Winding Lane in Westport. The plaintiff bought the property…