Hassall v. Murdock

The petitioner applied to the board of standards and appeals for a variance of the zoning ordinance on the ground of practical difficulties and unnecessary hardsMps in respect to property wMch she claimed could not be profitably adapted to a .conforming use. There was a claim that a permit had been obtained for the installation of a gasoline service station on tMs property before the zoning ordinance was changed to proMbit such use; and that excavations had been made and work done following the issuance of the permit and before the change in the ordinance. On tMs ground she claimed a “ vested…