Soros v. Board of Appeals of Southampton

In this article 78 CPLR proceeding petitioner Soros brings up for review the decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Southampton, respondent, which denied her application for a variance.

The subject lot was purchased by petitioner in the Fall of 1963. It is within the “ O-l ” Residential District in the village, a two-acre minimum district. Although the lot is only about one acre in size it was purchased as a nonconforming parcel, held in separate ownership prior to the amendment or revision of the Village Zoning Ordinance effective January 10, 1958. After the Village Board…