People ex rel. Ventres v. Walsh

Upon this review of the action of the defendants, the only brief submitted in opposition to relators is by the third parties whose interests would be affected by an adverse decision. The fire commissioner issued an order under the Building Zone Law prohibiting the continuance of the sand digging industry carried on in a residence district. Upon appeal the board of appeals reversed that order and allowed the business to continue.

The Building Zone Law plainly applies to the entire city and to all property in it, whether improved or unimproved (§§ 2, 3, 4). The property in question is unimproved…