TAYLOR v. CONSERVATION COM'N OF FAIRFIELD

No. 18426.

24 A.3d 1199 (2011)

302 Conn. 60

James TAYLOR v. CONSERVATION COMMISSION OF the TOWN OF FAIRFIELD.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided August 16, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Lewis , Stamford, for the appellant (plaintiff).

Richard H. Saxl , Westport, for the appellee (defendant).

Janet P. Brooks , Middletown, filed a brief for the Connecticut Farm Bureau Association, Inc., as amicus curiae.

ROGERS, C.J., and NORCOTT, PALMER, ZARELLA, McLACHLAN and HARPER, Js.


McLACHLAN, J.

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether General Statutes § 22a-40 (a)(1)1 and § 4.1(a) of the inland wetlands and watercourses regulations (regulations) of the town of Fairfield (town),2 allow as of right, that is, without the approval of a local wetlands authority, the filling of wetlands to construct roads. The plaintiff, James Taylor, appeals3...

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