Eagan v. Zoning Board of Appeals

The plaintiff appeals from the trial court’s dismissal of his appeal from the granting by the named defendant, the Old Lyme zoning board of appeals (board), of a zoning variance to the defendant Hugh E. O’Reilly (applicant).

The plaintiff contends that the trial court erred (1) in dismissing his appeal where the action of the board was illegal, arbitrary and an abuse of its discretion, and (2) in denying his motion to bring in evidence. outside the record challenging the adequacy of the notice of the hearings.

In February, 1987, the applicant applied to the board for a variance to construct a…