Socony Mobil Oil Co. v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The plaintiff applied to the defendant board pursuant to General Statutes § 14-321 for the approval of a location for a gasoline station. The board denied the application, and the plaintiff appealed to the Court of Common Pleas. The court rendered judgment dismissing the appeal, from which the plaintiff appealed to this court.

The property, which is on the south side of Elm Street in the Thompsonville section of the town of Enfield and approximately 375 feet east of a ramp of interstate route 91, is directly across the street from a large shopping center, which had not been opened at the time…