Legal Opinion
Powers v. Common Council
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 26, 1966PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtThim, J.
The plaintiff executed a contract to purchase property known as 134-136 Deer Hill Avenue in the city of Danbury for the purpose of erecting a high-rise apartment building on it. The property is in a professional office and apartment district, as defined in the zoning regulations of the city. Danbury Zoning Ordinance § 5 (1964). Section 3.17 of the Danbury zoning ordinance provides that any area in this district, “upon the recommendation of the City Planning Commission, may be designated by the Common Council, after a public hearing, as a multiple housing project area, to which the regulations…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Summ v. Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1962
- Fox v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1959
- Eastern Oil Refining Co. v. Court of Burgesses of WallingfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1944
- Huhta v. Zoning Board of AppealsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1964
- Emerick v. Monaco & Sons Motor Sales, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
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3Cited by29 opinions
- In Re HandySupreme Court of Vermont · 2000
- Helbig v. Zoning Commission of Noank Fire DistrictSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1981
- Town of Westport v. City of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- Walsh v. TurlickSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Waterbury Teachers Assn. v. FurlongSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
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