Riviere v. Town of Hempstead

Plaintiff asks judgment declaring the Building Zone Ordinance of the Town of Hempstead unconstitutional insofar as it proscribes the erection of a dwelling on a 40-foot plot located on Frederick Avenue, Bellmore. In February, 1945, plaintiff and his wife acquired title to Lots 365 and 366 on the map of Frederick Park, a plot 40 feet by 110 feet on the north side of Frederick Avenue, on which was located a dwelling. In November, 1945 they purchased the adjoining lots (367 and 368), an unimproved 40-by-110-foot parcel. Prior thereto the two parcels had been in single and separate ownership. The…