Taback v. Town of Woodstock Zoning Board of Appeals

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Torraca, J.), entered December 18, 1986 in Ulster County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent denying petitioner’s request for an area variance.

Petitioner owns a 3.7-acre parcel of wooded land in the Town of Woodstock, Ulster County. In the fall of 1979, petitioner began constructing a three-story vacation home which was 31 feet high. The local zoning ordinance governing petitioner’s property (Town of Woodstock Zoning Ordinance § IV, subsection B, Area and…