R.C. Equity Group, LLC v. Zoning Commission

NORCOTT, J.,

with whom VERTEFEUILLE, J., joins, dissenting. I disagree with the majority’s conclusion that the plaintiff, R.C. Equity Group, LLC, was not entitled to refile this zoning appeal from the decision of the defendant, the zoning commission of the borough of Newtown, under the savings statute, General Statutes § 8-8 (q).1 In my view, the majority opinion fails to implement the broad construction given to remedial statutes such as § 8-8 (q), as well as the increasingly flexible approach to the law governing the procedure in zoning appeals articulated in this court’s recent decision in…