Case Name: Rubino and Company, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Norwalk
Court: Connecticut Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1964-04-22
Citations: 151 Conn. 706
Docket Number: 
Parties: Rubino and Company, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Norwalk
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 151
Pages: 706–707

Head Matter:
Rubino and Company, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Norwalk
King, C. J., Murphy, Shea, Alcorn and Comley, Js.
Argued January 8
decided April 22, 1964
Robert A. Slavitt, with whom, on the brief, was Abraham, D. Slavitt, for the appellant (plaintiff).
Edward J. Zamm, corporation counsel, for the appellee (defendant).

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The plaintiff seeks a certificate of approval for use as a motor vehicle junk yard of premises on which it now operates a general junk yard business as a nonconforming use in a No. 1 light industrial zone in Norwalk. In this zone, no junk yards or motor vehicle junk yards are permitted. Norwalk Zoning Ordinance, § 5 (37), 6 (17) (1929, as amended). A zoning board of appeals, in acting on an application for a certificate of approval of a location for a motor vehicle junk yard, must first certify that the proposed location is not within a district restricted against motor vehicle junk yards before it can consider the suitability of the location for the proposed use. General Statutes § 21-16. As the premises in the instant case are within a district restricted against motor vehicle junk yards, the zoning board of appeals could not have granted the plaintiff's application for a certificate of approval. Petrillo v. Board of Zoning Appeals, 147 Conn. 469, 472, 162 A.2d 508.
There is no error.