Zuckerman v. Board of Zoning Appeals

In the early part of February, 1955, the
town planning and zoning board of Stratford
changed from light industrial to business 1
the zonal classification of a small parcel of land
located at the intersection of Honeyspot and Great
Meadows Roads. From that action the plaintiff
appealed to the defendant board of zoning appeals,
but the appeal was dismissed. He then appealed to
the Court of Common Pleas, which sustained his
appeal, and the defendant board has now appealed
to this court. The plaintiff lives in Bridgeport with his wife.
Since 1945, they have jointly owned, under a
survivorship deed, the premises at 1186-1190
Stratford Avenue in Stratford. In addition to the
land, these premises consist of three contiguous
stores which have living quarters on the second
floor. Two families occupy these quarters. The
plaintiff bought this property with his own funds,
but title passed to effect the ownership noted
above. One of the three stores is personally used
by the plaintiff as a liquor package store,
and he alone is the owner of all the personal
property in the store. On the Stratford grand
lists of 1953 and 1954, the real estate was
assessed at $19,280, the tax thereon being $530.26
[144 Conn. 162]