Haher's Sodus Point Bait Shop, Inc. v. Wigle
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
— Judgment affirmed without costs. Memorandum: The Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Sodus Point denied in part petitioner’s application for a special permit which would have allowed it to expand its commercial docking facilities and to continue certain uses of its present docking facilities. Special Term properly dismissed the petition seeking to annul that determination.
Petitioner’s argument that it had a preexisting nonconforming use of its docking facilities is without merit.
The zoning law concept of "nonconforming use” protects landowners who have vested rights to use their land…
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