Devaney v. Board of Zoning Appeals

The plaintiffs appealed to the Court of Comm on Pleas from the action of the named defendant, hereinafter called the board, in granting an application for a variance of the zoning ordinance of the city of New Haven. This appeal is taken by the plaintiffs from the judgment of the court affirming the action of the board and dismissing the plaintiffs’ appeal.

The applicant, New Haven Post No. 47, American Legion, Inc., owns premises known as 423 Orange Street and situated at the northeast corner of Orange and Trumbull Streets in New Haven. A building thereon is used as the post’s headquarters.…