Legal Opinion
Bottone v. Town of Westport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided January 24, 1989No. 13370PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArthur H. Healey, J.
The sole issue in this case is whether General Statutes § 7-147, as it existed on January 12, 1988,1 was unconstitutional. On January 12, *6541988, the trial court, Fuller, J., found that the statute lacked sufficient standards to guide municipalities in enacting waterway protection ordinances under it and thus held the statute to be an unconstitutional delegation of legislative authority. We disagree.
Lester Bottone, Jr., is the record title owner of two building lots in the town of Westport. The two parcels of land abut the town of Norwalk on their westerly side, and a stream passes through…
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