LAND USE & ZONING Favorable Results Obtained in Zoning Matters James J. Perito recently obtained positive results for his client, Spinnaker Residential LLC, securing three successful zoning decisions. The owner of a competing property brought administrative appeals against our client, who plans to construct an upscale mixed-use development in downtown New Haven near Wooster Square, in regards to a zone change, zone map amendment, and two site plan approvals. The New Haven City Plan Commission and Board of Alders had previously approved the changes, and the competing property owner asserted that the decision was not in accordance with the City’s Comprehensive Plan of Development and that the amendments constituted spot zoning. Earlier this month, the court upheld the Commission and Boards’ decisions and dismissed the appeals. APPELLATE | COMMERCIAL LITIGATION | INSURANCE | MUNICIPAL