Munroe v. Zoning Board of Appeals

Opinion

DUPONT, J.

The plaintiffs1 appeal from the judgment of the trial court affirming the dismissal of their appeal by the defendant zoning board of appeals of the town of Branford (board).2 In dismissing the plaintiffs’ appeal, the board upheld the zoning enforcement officer’s (zoning officer) granting of a certificate of zoning compliance (certificate) to the defendant Thomas Simjian3 and found that it did not have the authority to act on the appeal from the building official’s renewal of Simjian’s building permit (permit).

On appeal to this court, the plaintiffs claim that the court…