Pike v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The plaintiff appeals from the judgment of the trial court dismissing his appeal challeng*271ing the defendants’1 denial of his application for a zoning variance. The plaintiff claims that the trial court improperly concluded that he had failed to demonstrate a hardship sufficient to support the granting of a variance. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.

In 1984, the plaintiff purchased an approved subdivision lot in the town of Hampton for $1000. The lot measures slightly more than one acre and is one of five approved building lots in the subdivision.2 The zone in which the lot is located…