Karam v. Wilczek

Judgment reversed on the law without costs and petition dismissed. Memorandum: Petitioners operate a bakery and coffee shop as a nonconforming use in an R-l district. Following a 1988 fire that damaged some of their bakery equipment, petitioners applied for a building permit to alter their structure to accommodate more automated equipment that they intended to install to replace that damaged in the fire. Because the zoning ordinance expressly prohibits the addition to, or enlargement of, a non-conforming use (Village of Yorkville Zoning Ordinance § 29 [1]), respondents denied petitioners’…