Taylor v. Conservation Commission

Opinion

McLACHLAN, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether General Statutes § 22a-40 (a) (l)1 and § 4.1 (a) of the inland wetlands and watercourses regulations (regulations) of the town of Fairfield (town),2 allow as *62of right, that is, without the approval of a local wetlands authority, the filling of wetlands to construct roads. The plaintiff, James Taylor, appeals3 from the judgment of the trial court dismissing his administrative appeal from the decision of the defendant, the town conservation commission (commission), acting in its capacity as the inland wetlands and watercourses…