O'MARA v. Town of Wappinger

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jones, J.

In 1962 two developers, David Alexander and Fred Lafko, purchased property in the town of Wappinger, Dutchess County, with plans to develop a condominium project to be known as Wildwood Manor. The Planning Board tentatively approved a preliminary layout of the project and conditioned approval, in part, on the creation of a permanent open space on a preliminary plat. 1 At a January 23, 1963 meeting, the Board approved the final plat (1963 Plat), which divided the property into seven parcels, including parcels B and E, which were designated the buffer area where…