Legal Opinion

Syracuse Aggregate Corp. v. Weise

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided January 24, 1980PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

SCHNEPP, J.

The central issue on this appeal is whether a nonconforming pre-existing use of property for the excavation of sand, gravel and related materials extends to the entire parcel of land or is limited to the area under excavation at the time a municipality adopted a zoning ordinance prohibiting the expansion of nonconforming uses.

The property in question is a 25-acre parcel of land in the Town of Camillus approximately 700 feet wide by 1,600 feet long. The property is bounded on the east by apartments and houses, on the south by an empty field belonging to a school,…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. MATTER OF HARBISON v. City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1958
  2. MTR. OFF SHORE REST. CORP. v. LindenNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
  3. Fiore v. Zoning Board of AppealsNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
  4. Putnam Armonk, Inc. v. Town of SoutheastAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
  5. Cave v. Zoning Board of AppealsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1975

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1993
  2. Smith v. Board of AppealsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994
  3. Rudolf Steiner Fellowship Foundation v. De LucciaNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
  4. Tartan Oil Corp. v. Board of Zoning AppealsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1995
  5. Incorporated Village of Laurel Hollow v. OwenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998

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