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More than two-and-a-half years after a Valley Road property owner sued the town over its denial of a tax assessment appeal, a court trial on the matter is scheduled to start in January 2022, records show.
November 9, 2021 | https://newcanaanite.com/court-records-lawsuit-filed-after-denied-property-tax-appeal-headed-to-trial-5050617Town officials recently received notice of a lawsuit following the Planning & Zoning Commission’s approval in September of a North Wilton Road homeowner’s plan to construct an attached four-bay garage.
November 4, 2021 | https://newcanaanite.com/town-receives-notice-of-lawsuit-objecting-to-pzs-approval-of-large-garage-5037556The owner of properties planned for a mixed-use development at the edge of downtown New Canaan last week filed a motion to intervene as defendant in an active lawsuit regarding the Planning & Zoning Commission’s approval of the project.
June 23, 2021 | https://newcanaanite.com/property-owner-joins-lawsuit-against-pz-as-defendant-4743540A judge this month ruled against the town in its decision to uphold the issuance of a zoning permit for an interior renovation of a former residential dwelling at Grace Farms.
Neighbors of the Lukes Wood Road organization in July 2019 appealed the town zoning enforcement officer’s decision to issue the permit, saying, in part, that the Planning & Zoning Commission should have been consulted—or even designated as the deciding body—as to whether the work amounted to a disallowed, more intense use of the “Operations Center” at Grace Farms.
If so, that could amount to a violation of the organization’s existing special permit, according to neighbors David Markatos and Jennifer Holme, represented in the legal matter by attorney Amy Souchuns of Stamford-based Hurwitz Sagarin Slossberg & Knuff LLC.
May 25, 2021 | https://newcanaanite.com/our-volunteer-commissioners-deserve-better-judge-rules-against-town-in-lawsuit-brought-by-neighbors-of-grace-farms-4646599The town couldn’t meet an April 12 deadline to settle a firefighter’s lawsuit claiming that municipal officials for years failed to address abuse by a superior in the department, court documents show.
April 19, 2021 | https://newcanaanite.com/federal-judge-issues-warning-while-approving-third-extension-for-town-firefighter-to-settle-lawsuit-4467308