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February 25, 2010 Volume 4 No. 4 Zoning Bulletin <br />Authority —Planning and zoning commission i <br />approves earth removal operations <br />Zoning board of appeals later orders cease and desist order <br />challenging commission's authority <br />Citation: Lallier v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Town of Stafford, 119 <br />Conn. App. 71, 2010 WL 174144 (2010) <br />CONNECTICUT (01/26/10)—This case addressed "the authority of <br />a zoning board of appeals to reexamine the merits of an earlier order of <br />a planning and zoning commission." <br />The Backgronpd/Facts: Jean -Guy Lallier owned property in the town. <br />He sought to remove 200,000 yards of gravel from approximately 14 <br />acres of the property to create hayfield and pastureland. At his request, <br />the town's Planning and Zoning Commission (the "PZC") approved <br />such removal. The PZC did not require. Lallier to apply for a special per- <br />mit. In doing so, the PZC found the proposed gravel removal was "inci- <br />dental to an agricultural operation." No appeal was filed challenging the <br />PZC's decision. <br />Ten months later, neighbors complained to the PZC about the im- <br />pact of the gravel removal operations at Lallier's property. The PZC de- <br />termined that the scope of work being conducted at Lallier's property <br />WEST® <br />610 Opperman Drive • P.O. Box 64526 • St. Paul, MN 55164-0526 <br />1-800-229-2084 • email: west.customerservice@thomsonreuters.com • west.thomson.com/quinlan <br />ISSN 0514-7905.0 2010 Thomson Reuters. All Rights Reserved. <br />QuinlanTm is a Thomson Reuters brand. <br />2 <br />® 2010 Thomson Reuters <br />62 <br />