Hess v. Bates

Proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act to review and to annul a determination made by the Board of Appeals of the Village of Sands Point denying petitioner’s application for a variance in connection with certain property owned by petitioner in that village. It appears that petitioner owns some 72 acres of land upon which he owns a home. The rest of the property is vacant and petitioner seeks *23to reserve 32 acres for his home and to sell the remaining acres for building lots. The local ordinance restricts the property to the extent of requiring two acres of land for each house.…