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<br />February " 20071 Volume 11 No.3 <br /> <br />Nonconforming Use - Manufacturing business <br />seeks to relocate its parking lot <br /> <br />Opponent argues new lot amounts to illegal expansion of use <br /> <br />Thomas v. Planning and Zoning Cam'n of Town of Thompson, 98 Conn. App. 742, <br />911 A.2d 1129 (2006). <br /> <br />CONNECTICUT (12/19/06) - LF. Engineering Corporation owned land <br />in a residential zone in the town' of Thompson. It operated as a valid non- <br />conforming use, manufacturing microwave components and subsystems at <br />a facility on the property. In April 2004, it applied to the town's zoning <br />commission for permission to relocate its parking lot, which entailed con- <br />structing a new 20-space parking lot behind its' facility. <br />A public hearing was held, and Thomas, a neighboring property owneI; op- <br />posed the application. He claimed that the proposed construction required a spe- <br />cial permit, and LF.'s application did not meet all of the permit criteria. Thomas <br />argued that creating the lot amounted to an illegal expansion of a nonconform- <br />ing use. Despite these objections, the commission approved the application. <br />Thomas appealed. The court found in favor of the commission, stating that <br />a regulation related to off-street parking ...:.... and not the restrictions on non- <br />conforming uses - controlled the case. Regardless, the court stated that the <br />lot did not constitute an expansion but rather an "intensification" of a permit- <br />ted use. <br />Thomas appealed again. <br /> <br /> <br />'Mpt91': , <br />Drive') I:a <br /> <br />'~t~~ti_lf~~~~~;~.:",:,; ,', ',,~':" <br /> <br /> <br />tbnirig,B:ulletin"ispubli5hedand~opyrighted-byThomsohtwest; 610oppem,anDriiie;P,O;, Box 64521i ,,' <br />,; ,.' St; Paul~ MN 55:164-0526. For subscription infor.mation:-call(800)' 229:.2084, or write West. Credit; <br />Order Processing;, 620 Opperman Drive, PO Box 64833,: St"Paul; MN,5516.p.9753~,,, <br /> <br />POSTMASTER; Send address changes to, Zoning Bulletin, 61O'Opperman Drive,P;O; BOl( 64526St <br />paul, MN55164-0526. <br /> <br /> <br />THOMSON <br />* <br />\NEST <br /> <br />610 Opperman Drive. P,O. Box 64526. St. Paul, MN 55164-0526 <br />1-800-229-2084. email: west.customerservice@thomson.com.west.thomson.com/quinlan <br />ISSN 0514-7905 . @ 2007 ThomsonlWest. All Rights Reserved. Quinlan™ is a ThomsonlWest brand. <br /> <br />')' <br /> <br />16 <br /> <br />J <br />',i ,. <br /> <br />(-- <br />\:.'" ',:>' <br />