Hawkes v. Town Plan & Zoning Commission

The defendant Pentad Corporation wants to construct garden-style apartments on a sixty-two-acre tract of unimproved land which it owns on the west side of West Avon Bo ad in Farmington. It petitioned the defendant commission to change the zone of its tract from B.30, a residential zone, to B.A., a restricted apartment zone. The commission, after a public hearing, voted to grant the change of zone. The plaintiffs, who own property in the immediate vicinity of the Pentad property, appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, challenging the action of the commission. The Court of Common Pleas…