Legal Opinion
Covenant Community Church, Inc. v. Town of Gates Zoning Board of Appeals
New York Supreme Court
Decided November 19, 1981PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
WlLMER J. PATLOW, J.
This article 78 petition was commenced by petitioner Covenant Community Church, Inc., to compel respondent Town of Gates Zoning Board of Appeals to issue a conditional use permit for the construction of a church, parochial school and day care center on petitioner’s land.
Petitioner, an inner-city church with about 200 members, has purchased approximately 11.44 acres of vacant land in the suburban Town of Gates. The property is zoned R-l-11.
Pursuant to section 49-72 of the Gates Code (the Town of Gates Zoning Ordinance of 1975), churches and their cus*538tomar…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Kovarsky v. Housing & Development AdministrationNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
- Diocese of Rochester v. Planning BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- MATTER OF CMTY. SYNAGOGUE v. BatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1956
- Westchester Reform Temple v. BrownNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Jewish Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore, Inc. v. Incorporated Village of Roslyn HarborNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Cardo v. Lakeland Central School DistrictDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Bright Horizon House, Inc. v. Zoning Board of AppealsNew York Supreme Court · 1983
- Sani-Dairy v. YeutterDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1991