Case Name: JOSEPH B. RICE vs. THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR THE TOWN OF MILFORD
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1936-05-16
Citations: 4 Conn. Supp. 27
Docket Number: File #49534
Parties: JOSEPH B. RICE vs. THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR THE TOWN OF MILFORD
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Supplement
Volume: 4
Pages: 27–28

Head Matter:
JOSEPH B. RICE vs. THE ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS FOR THE TOWN OF MILFORD
Superior Court New Haven County
File #49534
Present: Hon. ARTHUR F. ELLS, Judge.
Alexander Winnick, Attorney for the Plaintiff.
Omar W. Platt, Attorney for the Defendant.
MEMORANDUM FILED MAY 16, 1936.
122 Conn. 435

Opinion:
ELLS, J.
The issue here considered is whether a building containing many single rooms and used as a dormitory for the Roseblum School at Milford at the time zoning regulations were adopted can now be altered and made into a six-family house.
The regulations provide "no non-conforming use shall be extended so as to diminish the extent of a conforming use". The construction and use of a six-family house would, in my opinion, materially extend the non-conforming and diminish the extent of a conforming use.
The regulations provide "the cost of structural alterations made in such building shall in no case exceed fifty per cent of its assessed value". Although the owner testified his plans and specifications could be carried out within that limit, I find the fact to be quite to the contrary.
There is no indication that the Board of Zoning Appeals acted arbitrarily, illegally or unreasonably.
The appeal is dismissed.