Inlet Homes Corp. v. Zoning Board of Appeals

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed with costs.

Giving due deference to the broad discretion of zoning boards considering applications for area variances (see Ifrah v Utschig, 98 NY2d 304, 308 [2002]), the denial by respondent Zoning Board of Appeals of petitioner’s application for an area variance to build a single-family dwelling upon an illegally nonconform*726ing substandard parcel had a rational basis and was supported by substantial evidence. The record supports the Board’s finding that the character of the neighborhood is overwhelmingly…