Legal Opinion
Lawrence v. Zoning Board of Appeals
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided November 25, 1969PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThim, J.
The plaintiff, James Lawrence, purchased a plot of approximately one-and-one-half acres on Church Street in the center of North Bran-ford in April, 1966. He resides in a house on the property with his wife and five children and had kept twenty-six chickens and two goats, which he used to feed his family. On September 8, 1966, the zoning enforcement officer for the town ordered Lawrence to cease maintaining the goats and chickens, and the defendant, the zoning board of appeals, affirmed the action of the enforcement officer after a full hearing. Lawrence appealed this decision to the Court of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Florentine v. Town of DarienSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1955
- State ex rel. Higgins v. Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1952
- Chudnov v. Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1931
- Pascale v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Connecticut Sand & Stone Corporation v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1963
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3Cited by77 opinions
- Schwartz v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Charlie Brown of Chatham, Inc. v. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT FOR TOWNSHIP OF CHATHAMNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1985
- O & G Industries, Inc. v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Beit Havurah v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Town of Harvard v. MaxantMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1971
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