Wilcox v. Zoning Board of Appeals

These three proceedings have been instituted to review the determination of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the City of Yonkers which granted a variance to Westview Towers Corp. permitting the construction of a 156-family apartment building. The parcel involved is roughly rectangular with a 250-foot frontage on North Broadway and a depth of about 500 feet. It contains an area of 123,250 square feet. It is undisputed that the land slopes sharply downward so that the westerly boundary is about 80 feet below the easterly frontage.

At the public hearing, Bernard Fiumara, the president of Westview,…