People ex rel. Arverne Bay Construction Co. v. Murdock

Order sustaining certiorari order, annulling the determination of the board of standards and appeals and granting application for a variance reversed on the law and the facts, with costs, certiorari proceeding dismissed, and the determination of the board reinstated and confirmed. In our opinion, it was not only within the discretion of the board but in fact incumbent upon it to refuse to grant a variance in a zone restricted to residences where the intention in creating the zone was manifestly to develop it along residential lines 1 y reason of its proximity to a boulevard and, further,…