Wihbey v. Zoning Board of Appeals

Citations

• 350 Conn. 87

Syllabus

The defendant zoning board of appeals and the intervening defendants appealed, on the granting of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate 88 OCTOBER, 2024 350 Conn. 87 Wihbey v. Zoning Board of Appeals Court reversing in part the trial court's judgment. The trial court had reversed the zoning board's decision to uphold a zoning enforcement officer's order directing the plaintiff property owner to cease and desist from renting his property on a short-term basis. The defendants claimed, inter alia, that the Appellate Court had incorrectly determined that the zoning regulations governing the plaintiff's property were ambiguous and should be interpreted to permit short-term rentals of the plaintiff's property. Held: The Appellate Court correctly determined that the language of the zoning regulations permitting the use of a property as a single-family dwelling was ambiguous and that the short-term rental of a single-family dwelling constituted a permissible use under those regulations. (Two justices dissenting in one opinion) Argued March 27—officially released July 29, 2024