Streb v. City of Rochester

Underlying herein is a pending action against the defendants, appropriate officers of the City of Rochester, whereby the plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment and a permanent injunction on the ground that certain successively adopted ordinances of the city prohibiting the use of so-called “rope-geared, hydraulic elevators” for passenger service are unconstitutional.

The latest of the prohibitory ordinances (Ordinance No. 60-500, passed Dec. 27, 1960) establishes December 31, 1961 as a deadline for such use and, because the City Superintendent of Buildings has expressed intention of enforcing…