Bonington v. Town of Westport

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• concluding enforcement of zoning regulations constituted discretionary act
• noting ‘‘even when the duty to respond to a violation of law is ministerial because that specific response is mandated, the predicate act—determining whether a violation of law exists—generally is deemed to be a discretionary act’’ [emphasis omitted]
• cause of action lies against municipality for allegedly negligent performance of municipal official \[i]f by statute or other rule of law the official's duty is clearly ministerial rather than discretionary\ [internal quotation marks omitted]
• “even when the duty to respond to a violation of law is ministerial because that specific response is mandated, the predicate act — determining whether a violation of law exists — generally is deemed to be a discretionary act”
• ‘‘Imminent does not simply mean a foreseeable event at some unspecified point in the not too distant future. Rather, we have required plaintiffs to identify a discrete place and time period at which the harm will occur.’’
• “the plaintiffs claim that checking to see whether required permits and forms have been obtained and filed . . . and enforcing clear violations of zoning regulations are not discretionary acts . . . . [W]e disagree.”

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