Aurora v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The plaintiffs appealed to the Court of Common Pleas from the action of the defendant in granting the application of Stop and Shop, Inc., of Connecticut for a variance of the East Haven zoning ordinance regulating the distance between retail outlets selling alcoholic beverages. The defendant filed a plea in abatement stating that “the Court has no jurisdiction . . . because the appeal was not served within fifteen . . . days from the date when . . . [the] decision ... [of the defendant] . . . was rendered” as required by § 8-8 of the General Statutes. To this plea the plaintiffs filed a…