Hartford Citizens v. City of Hartford Board of Zoning Appeals

¶ 1. Hartford Citizens for Responsible Government ("HCRG") appeals from the circuit court order denying its request to set aside a previous order dismissing as untimely its request for certiorari review. The circuit court found that HCRG arrived at the Washington County Clerk of Circuit Court office just after closing to file a last minute appeal from a decision of the City of Hartford Board of Zoning Appeals. The clerk of circuit court accepted the papers but did not file them until the following day. As a result, the papers were filed outside of the thirty-day statutory time limit set forth…