Legal Opinion · Dissent

Sierra Construction Co. v. Board of Appeals

New York Court of Appeals

Decided December 6, 1962Published

1Dissent

Van Vooehis, J. (dissenting).

Petitioner-appellant erected a house set back 67.5 feet from the east edge of Mt. Read Boulevard in the Town of Greece, County of Monroe. This was in accordance with the 60-foot minimum setback requirement of the zoning ordinance, unless a larger minimum setback is compelled by a clause in the ordinance providing that the setback line shall be not less than the average setback of all other buildings on the same side of a street within 300 feet on either side of the proposed building site. When this building permit was applied for in 1961, four houses had been…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Washington Ex Rel. Seattle Title Trust Co. v. RobergeSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  2. Eubank v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. Gorieb v. FoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. Concordia Collegiate Institute v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
  5. Town of Islip v. F. E. Summers Coal & Lumber Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1931

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