Legal Opinion
Diocese of Buffalo v. Buczkowski
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 29, 1982PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Joseph D. Mintz, J.
Petitioner seeks an order pursuant to CPLR article 78 overturning respondents’ denial of a use permit as applied for. Petitioner seeks to change the program of its building at 4 Vermont Street from one used as a residential care institution for predelinquent and delinquent young men age 16 to 21 (Buffalo Boys Town) to an intermediate care facility for the developmental^ handicapped.
The building at 4 Vermont Street had been used for its prior purpose since 1940. From the time of its commencement until 1953, the building was in all manners in compliance…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Diocese of Rochester v. Planning BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- MATTER OF CMTY. SYNAGOGUE v. BatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Westchester Reform Temple v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- City of Buffalo v. Roadway Transit Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Unitarian Universalist Church of Central Nassau v. ShortenNew York Supreme Court · 1970
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Lutherans Outdoors in South Dakota, Inc. v. South Dakota State Board of EqualizationSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1991
- Burlington Assem. of God v. Zoning Bd.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1989
- Diocese of Buffalo v. BuczkowskiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Bright Horizon House, Inc. v. Zoning Board of AppealsNew York Supreme Court · 1983