Johnson v. City of Peekskill

The plaintiff is the owner of a two-family residence investment property located in the City of Peekskill in Westchester County. The zoning ordinance contained in the Code of the City of Peekskill (hereinafter the Peekskill City Code) in effect when the home was built permitted the property to be used for single or two-family residential use; however, the zoning ordinance was subsequently revised so that only one-family dwellings could be built in that area. The revised zoning code also contained a so-called “grandfather” clause which allowed the existing use of the property as a two-family…