Smith v. Hartman

Petitioner is a barber by trade and for some years past carried on Ms occupation in a frame building located in the city of Geneva on the west side of Copeland Avenue at its intersection with Hamilton Street (No. 342 Hamilton St.). Until the common council enacted a new zoning law on December 31, 1953, petitioner was allowed to operate Ms barbershop at that location although the area was zoned for residential use. So far as it appears petitioner never owned, and does not now own, any land on the west side of Copeland Avenue. However, he does own a home diagonally across the street from the…