Legal Opinion
Petruzzi v. Zoning Board of Appeals
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 16, 1979PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBogdanski, J.
On and before April 1, 1948, the property which is the subject of this appeal consisted of a lot 11,200 square feet in area with a frontage on a state road of 105 feet, and had located on it a one-story wooden frame building. This building was used as a church continuously up to 1975.
On April 1, 1948, the town of Oxford adopted its first zoning ordinance, which placed the subject property in residence district A. The use of the building as a church was and is a permitted use in residence district A, as is the use of the structure as a one-family detached residence. The effect of the 1948…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Abbadessa v. Board of Zoning AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1947
- Schultz v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1957
- Planning & Zoning Commission v. Synanon Foundation, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
- Sukthankar's Radnor Township Zoning AppealsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
3Cited by48 opinions
- Adolphson v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Bauer v. Waste Management of Connecticut, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- In Re Appeal of MiserocchiSupreme Court of Vermont · 2000
- O & G Industries, Inc. v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Helicopter Associates, Inc. v. City of StamfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1986
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