Graham v. Newton

Petitioners have instituted an article 78 proceeding to review the determination of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Onondaga denying an application for a variance to permit erection of a gasoline station on the northeast corner of Velasko and McDonald Roads and for an order reversing the determination and directing the granting of a certificate of variance.

The property in question is a vacant lot located in an area designated by the zoning ordinance as one-family residential district R-l-1. The application for the certificate of variance alleges that the physical situation of the…