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An alternative dispute resolution or ‘ADR’ is scheduled for Wednesday in a civil lawsuit that claims the Planning & Zoning Commission failed in its duties in approving a private school’s applications to install a new turf field atop a proposed parking structure earlier this year, court records show.
November 12, 2024 | https://newcanaanite.com/lawsuit-challenges-pz-approval-of-parking-structure-11404140Town officials will consider a settlement offer made on behalf of a Rilling Ridge woman who sued the Planning & Zoning Commission last year after the appointed body denied her application to build a tennis court.
July 28, 2024 | https://newcanaanite.com/amid-lawsuit-pz-to-consider-proposed-settlement-in-tennis-court-denial-10640717The state Department of Housing last week filed its formal answer to a lawsuit from the town of New Canaan, denying claims that it “aggrieved” the municipality last year when it issued a “declaratory ruling” after denying an application for relief from a widely discussed affordable housing law.
January 24, 2024 | https://newcanaanite.com/affordable-housing-state-denies-towns-claims-in-response-to-declaratory-ruling-lawsuit-9308817The developer who is appealing the town’s denials of three affordable housing projects in New Canaan filed motions in state Superior Court this month to intervene as a co-defendant in a separate legal matter between the town and state.
August 22, 2023 | https://newcanaanite.com/affordable-housing-karp-seeks-to-become-co-defendant-in-towns-moratorium-lawsuit-vs-state-8394231Saying the town’s application for relief from an affordable housing law does not amount to a “contested case” under Connecticut law—and therefore their own denial of that application is not appealable—state officials on Friday filed a motion to dismiss the municipal government’s lawsuit against the Department of Housing.
January 29, 2023 | https://newcanaanite.com/affordable-housing-state-housing-department-moves-to-dismiss-towns-lawsuit-7385006