Helbig v. Zoning Commission of Noank Fire District

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• holding that the non-conforming use doctrine “protects the ‘right’ of a user to continue the same use of the property as it existed before the date of the adoption of the zoning regulations”
• \[o]ur estoppel doctrine does not preclude a party from attacking the constitutionality of a statute or [zoning] ordinance in an independent proceeding\
• to pass constitutional muster a zoning ordinance must “be as reasonably precise as the subject matter requires and as reasonably adequate and sufficient to guide the commission and to enable those affected to know their rights and obligations”
• where declaratory judgment action is pending, court may properly consider constitutional issues in related administrative appeals when the \appeals present a situation where further litigation could be avoided by deciding the issue of the constitutionality of [the zoning ordinances]\

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