Legal Opinion

DeTroia v. Schweitzer

New York Court of Appeals

Decided January 16, 1996PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Levine, J.

Appellants are the owners of a vacant lot situated in a residence AA zoning district in the Village of Farmingdale, Nassau County. The lot has remained in an individual ownership, separate from any adjoining lots, at least since 1899, and had that status on December 7, 1942, when the first Farmingdale Zoning Ordinance was enacted. The Zoning Ordinance, as amended in 1959 and 1988, provided for building restrictions on dimensionally substandard lots in an AA zoning district as follows:

"Lot area.
"No principal building and accessory buildings shall be erected upon a…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Allen v. AdamiNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
  2. DeTroia v. SchweitzerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Bonded Concrete, Inc. v. Zoning Board of AppealsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  2. People v. Credit Suisse Sec.New York Court of Appeals · 2018
  3. Strohli v. Zoning Board of AppealsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  4. Bialla v. Zoning Board of AppealsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  5. Frontseat LLC v. SternDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2020

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