Talmadge v. Board of Zoning Appeals

The plaintiff, the owner of property known as 1228 Qninnipiac Avenue, in New Haven, located in a residence B zone, applied to the board \ of zoning appeals of the city of New Haven for a \ variance of the zoning regulations to permit her to conduct, on the first floor of her three-family resi- ¡ dence, a boarding home for not more than six persons beyond the age of sixty years. The zoning j ordinance provided that a building in a residence B ! zone might be used, in addition to other permitted/ uses, for a boarding house, or for a hotel having' thirty or more sleeping rooms. At the hearing…