Conetta v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The defendants1 appeal from the judgment of the trial court sustaining the plaintiffs appeal and reversing the decision of the Stamford zoning board of appeals (board) that the defendant’s plumbing business constituted a lawful nonconforming use. The controlling issue in this appeal is whether the trial court *134impermissibly substituted its factual findings for those of the board.

The facts are as follows. In March, 1993, the plaintiff, a neighbor of the defendant, complained to the Stamford zoning enforcement officer that the defendant was conducting an illegal plumbing business in a…