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Administrative Law Supreme Court Opinion

by Dowd, Jeffrey

 

SC20816 - Newton Neighborhood Environmental Trust v. Connecticut Siting Council (Administrative appeal; standing, "The present appeal relates to the proposed construction of a 100 foot tall cell phone tower (tower) on a residentially zoned parcel of real property located in the town of Woodbridge (town). ...There is no inherently obvious connection between a facility’s adverse impact on property values and the probable environmental impact of the facility or the listed significant adverse effects. We cannot conclude, therefore, that a facility’s impact on property values will always be relevant to the council’s inquiry pursuant to § 16-50p (a) (3) (B), and, accordingly, it is an unenumerated significant adverse effect required to be considered by the council.")