Long Island Land Research Bureau, Inc. v. Young

This is a proceeding brought under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, to review a determination of the building inspector and the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of Hempstead which denied petitioner a building permit to erect a one-family residence on a substandard lot, 40 feet wide and 80 feet in depth. Petitioner claims that its lot has been in single and separate ownership since 1909, that in 1930 the minimum dimensions for a lot in this particular district was set at 40 feet in width, with an area of not less than 4,000 square feet. In 1951 these minimum dimensions were increased…