Mabank Corporation v. Board of Zoning Appeals

The plaintiffs have appealed from a
judgment of the Court of Common Pleas dismissing
their appeal from the action of the defendant
board of zoning appeals of Stamford in granting a
variance of the zoning regulations to allow the
defendant Hugo Vogt to relocate his restaurant
establishment. The record of the proceedings before the board
discloses the following facts. Vogt has conducted
a restaurant business, where intoxicating liquors
are sold to be consumed on the premises, at 475
Atlantic Street in Stamford for several years
past. The premises were condemned by the state of
Connecticut for highway purposes in July, 1953.
Vogt tried to find a suitable site within a radius
of 750 feet from the premises condemned to which,
under the regulations, he could remove without any
action of the zoning authorities. Stamford Bldg. Zone
[143 Conn. 134]