Lakeview Apartments of Hunns Lake, Inc. v. Town of Stanford

Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Dutchess County (Beisner, J.), entered May 29,1984, which dismissed the proceeding.

Judgment reversed, on the law and the facts, with costs, and judgment granted in favor of appellants declaring Local Law, 1982, No. 2 of Town of Stanford ultra vires and void, and the town and its appropriate officials are directed to issue the permit applied for by appellants.

In 1977, the Town of Stanford, which had no zoning ordinance, enacted a moratorium law which prohibited multifamily dwellings and industrial and commercial establishments, except upon a…