Wentworth Hotel, Inc. v. Town of New Castle

This is an appeal from the decision of the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Town of New Castle which granted part and denied part of plaintiffs request for a variance to use its property, zoned partly residential and partly oceanside and beach, for the construction of multifamily condominiums, which are not permitted in either district. The entire property of about 50 acres is and has been a summer resort hotel complex operated as a nonconforming use. Plaintiffs premises which are surrounded on three sides by water comprise the westerly end of New Castle which is an island connected to the…