Legal Opinion
Town of Islip v. Caviglia
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 11, 1989PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
Petitioner, Town of Islip, seeks to enjoin respondents from continuing operation of an adult bookstore in a prohibited zone in violation of the Town’s zoning ordinance. The ordinance differentiates between certain "adult” uses, i.e., bookstores, theaters, motels, cabarets and massage parlors which exclude minors by reason of age and those which do not, and limits the operation of adult uses to areas zoned Industrial I. It also provides that nonconforming adult uses shall be amortized over a period of years based on a graduated scale of investment in the…
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