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2025 Municipal Property Revaluations

Several Connecticut municipalities are undergoing a 2025 revaluation for the 2026 Grand List, and updated assessment notices will soon be issued to property owners. These assessments determine your property tax liability for the upcoming five fiscal Read More
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Categories: Appellate, Land Use, Zoning

False Lien Invalidated

Attorney Owen Weaver, working with co-counsel, obtained a judgment after trial invalidating a false lien filed against public property owned by the Town of Orange and the Orange Land Trust. On February 21, 2024, a document was filed on the Orange Lan… Read More
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Categories: Land Use, Municipal

ZS Secures Federal Jury Verdict

On March 3, 2024, the team of Attorney David Zabel and co-counsel secured a federal jury verdict in favor of their clients in The NF&W Cooke L.P. et al. v. Shapiro et al. In this matter, the Plaintiffs were a party to an option contract with Cost… Read More
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ZS Secures Decision Upholding Approval of Apartment Complex Development in the Town of Groton

On May 22, 2023, the Connecticut Superior Court dismissed an appeal challenging the Town of Groton Planning and Zoning Commission’s approval of a major residential development project. The appeal, brought by a neighboring property owner, contested… Read More
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ZS In The News Concerning Debate Over Reforming Connecticut Zoning Laws

At the moment there is an ongoing policy debate over whether Connecticut’s traditional home-rule zoning scheme, which generally vests power in local municipalities to enact their own zoning regulations, is a cause of segregation in Connecticut. Thi… Read More
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