Legal Opinion
Avalonbay Communities, Inc. v. Zoning Commission
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided February 22, 2005No. 24507, 24508PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LA.VERY, C. J.
These appeals involve the interplay between several statutes with differing and, to some *539degree, divergent goals. The primary question presented is whether the citizen intervention provision of Connecticut’s Environmental Protection Act of 1971 (EPA), General Statutes §§ 22a-14 to 22a-20, may be invoked by a town’s legislative body in the context of judicial review of the denial of applications to secure approval to construct low and moderate income housing as contemplated by Connecticut’s affordable housing statute, when a possible effect of that invocation is to…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- State v. CourchesneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2003
- City of Waterbury v. Town of WashingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2002
- Simko v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1988
- Red Hill Coalition, Inc. v. Conservation CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Manchester Environmental Coalition v. StocktonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Avalonbay Communities, Inc. v. Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2006
- AvalonBay Communities, Inc. v. Inland Wetlands & Watercourses AgencyConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- Diamond 67, LLC v. Planning & Zoning CommissionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2009
- AvalonBay Communities, Inc. v. Zoning CommissionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2011
- AvalonBay Communities, Inc. v. Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2007
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