Vessel RE Holdings, LLC v. Town Plan & Zoning Commission

Syllabus

The defendant town plan and zoning commission appealed, on the granting of certification, from the trial court's judgment sustaining in part the plaintiff's appeal from the defendant's decision denying the plaintiff's application for an affordable housing development. The court determined that the industrial zone exception in the statute (§ 8-30g (g) (2) (A)) governing affordable hous- ing land use appeals did not apply and remanded the case to the commission for further proceedings under § 8-30g (g) (1). The defendant claimed, inter alia, that the court erred in concluding that a zone where multiple uses are authorized was nonetheless not a zone authorizing industrial uses as that phrase was employed in § 8-30g (g) (2) (A). Held: This court dismissed the appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, as the trial court's decision was not an appealable final judgment in light of the trial court's remand order for further proceedings on the plaintiff's application pursuant to § 8-30g (g) (1). Argued September 18, 2025—officially released February 3, 2026