Salton v. Town of Mayfield Zoning Board of Appeals

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Aulisi, J.), entered December 7, 2012 in Fulton County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, to review a determination of respondent finding that petitioner was conducting an unauthorized home occupation.

A code enforcement officer employed by the Town of Mayfield, Fulton County informed petitioner that the Town deemed that he was operating a home occupation without authorization. The alleged home occupation consisted of petitioner running a business by keeping exotic animals, including three tigers…