Legal Opinion
Gibbons v. Historic District Commission
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided March 11, 2008No. SC 17846PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZARELLA, J.
This appeal arises from the denial by the defendant, the historic district commission of the town of Fairfield (commission), of the application of the plaintiff, Elaine J. Gibbons, for a certificate of appropriateness for proposed changes to her property. The commission denied the application on the ground that the proposed relocation of an existing outbuilding would damage the historical integrity of Southport Har bor. On appeal from the commission’s decision, the trial court sustained the plaintiffs appeal. We conclude that the commission’s stated reason for its denial is…
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