Johnson v. Board of Zoning Appeals

The issue in this appeal is whether an undeveloped lot, which was created prior to the adoption of zoning regulations and which complied with those regulations when adopted, is protected from later regulations that render it nonconforming. We answer in the negative and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The plaintiff owns a plot of land fifty feet by approximately 107 feet located in a development on Wells Place in Stratford, and referred to as lot 19. Lot 19 was created when real property owned by Flora Deck- and was subdivided in 1918. A map of the resulting fifty-two lots was accepted…