Pfister v. Madison Beach Hotel, LLC

335 Conn. 923

233 A.3d 1090 (Mem)

Cecilia PFISTER et al.

v.MADISON BEACH HOTEL, LLC, et al.

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decided June 23, 2020

Karen L. Dowd and Scott T. Garosshen, Hartford, in support of the petition.

Damian K. Gunningsmith, David S. Hardy and Drew J. Cunningham, New Haven, in opposition.

The plaintiffs' petition for certification to appeal from the Appellate Court, 197 Conn. App. 326, 232 A.3d 52 (2020), is granted, limited to the following issues:

"1. Did the Appellate Court properly apply plenary review to the trial court's judgment?

"2. Did the Appellate Court properly apply the ‘actual use' doctrine in relation to the nonconforming use at issue in this case?

"3. Did the Appellate Court correctly conclude that a zoning regulation that limits use of a park to ‘recreational purposes' allowed the concerts at issue in this case to occur?''

ECKER, J., did not...