WEST HARTFORD v. RECHEL

(10181)

190 Conn. 114 (1983)

TOWN OF WEST HARTFORD v. JOSEPH P. RECHEL ET AL.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Logan, with whom, on the brief, was Dwight O. Schweitzer, for the appellants (defendants).

Robert P. Volpe, corporation counsel, for the appellee (plaintiff).

PETERS, HEALEY, PARSKEY, SHEA and GRILLO, JS.


PETERS, J.

The principal issue in this case is whether a municipality can be estopped from enforcing its zoning regulations because of a longstanding pattern of conduct permitting unauthorized uses of private property. The plaintiff town of West Hartford, acting by its building inspector, Edward A. Dombroskas, sued to enjoin the defendants Joseph P. Rechel and Shirley T. Rechel from operating two rooming houses in the town. After a court trial, a permanent injunction...

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