Edgewood Civic Club v. Blaisdell

Zoning regulations are based on certain fundamental propositions. “Such regulations shall be made in accordance with a comprehensive plan” (R. L., c. 51, s. 52) so that zoning is by districts “and not by individual pieces of property” (Kimball v. Blanchard, 90 N. H. 298, 299; R. L., c. 51, s. 51) with a view to the future needs as well as the present conditions of the city. Kimball v. Blanchard, supra, 300. Nonconforming uses existing when the regulations go into effect are allowed to continue but not to multiply when they are harmful or improper. Bassett, Zoning (1940 ed.) 105. Since zoning…