Markatos v. Zoning Board of Appeals

Summary

The court held that the proposed intervenors' second motion to intervene was untimely and that the trial court therefore did not abuse its discretion in denying it. Their legal interests as aggrieved abutters existed from the beginning of the administrative appeal, and waiting until after the trial court had issued a remand order and proceedings had begun was too late. The court also concluded that the denial of intervention was appealable because the proposed intervenors had made a colorable claim to intervention as of right.