Investigating the many ways Connecticut’s laws and regulations make it difficult to do business here would take a very long time. But one way can be easily identified, and easily remedied. The remedy would be the revision of Connecticut General Statute 8-8(1).

Section 8-8(1) makes anyone who owns land “that abuts or within a radius of one hundred feet of any portion of the land involved in the decision of the [planning and zoning ] board” an “aggrieved person,” and an aggrieved person may appeal a decision of the board to Superior Court. Note what is not required. The aggrieved person need not allege any specific damage he or she has been caused by the decision in question, and need not have participated in the hearing before the board that lead to the decision now in question.

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