Metcalf v. Zoning Board of Appeals

This is an appeal from the action of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Hartford granting the application of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company for a variation of the zoning ordinances to permit said applicant to conduct a package store for the sale of intoxicating liquors at property leased by it at 174 Washington Street, in the City of Hartford. The appellants own land in the immediate vicinity — Richard R. Metcalf at 285-289 Park Street, lying adjacent; Richard Johnson at 159-171 Washington Street, containing apartment buildings housing 65 families, directly across the…