Johnson v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The plaintiff appeals 1 from the decision of the Superior Court dismissing as moot his appeal from the granting of a variance by the defendant zoning board of appeals. The relevant facts are as follows.

The plaintiff is the owner of a shorefront lot in Bran-ford on which there are a dwelling house and guest house. The defendants Walter and Annette Kreske are the owners of the adjoining lot on which there are a dwelling house and an outbuilding. In 1965, the zoning regulations provided that the maximum floor area of a building on either of these lots may not exceed 30 percent of the lot area.…