Abutting landowner appealed decision of zoning board of appeals granting a zoning variance that allowed the vertical expansion of a nonconforming building in a business district zone. The Superior Court dismissed appeal. Abutting landowner appealed.
The Supreme Court of Connecticut held that peculiar characteristics of property that made it difficult to construct a second story on building that would comply with zoning setback requirements did not justify granting a variance, overruling Stillman v. Zoning Board of Appeals, 25 Conn.App. 631, 596 A.2d 1; Jersey v. Zoning Board of Appeals, 101 Conn.App. 350, 360, 921 A.2d 683; Giarrantano v. Zoning Board of Appeals, 60 Conn.App. 446, 453, 760 A.2d 132.