Cambareri v. Michaelis

By this proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, the petitioner seeks to annul a determination of the Board of Zoning Appeals of the Town of Hempstead which refused his application for an area variance.

*120Petitioner is a contract vendee of a parcel of land near Island Park, irregular in shape, having an area of 3,840 square feet. When the tract was developed in 1930 it was sold to one Frank; rand were it still owned by him, he would be entitled to use it for the construction of a residence as a matter of right, although successive ordinances of the Town of Hempstead have required…