Waldorf v. Coffey

Petitioner, owner of a vacant parcel of land in the village of Freeport, brings a proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the Civil Practice Act to review the refusal of the building inspector to issue a permit for the erection of a one-family dwelling on said land and to review the denial by the Board of Zoning Appeals of his application for a variance from the minimum lot area required by the zoning ordinance of the village.

It appears that the subject property is 40 feet wide and 80 feet deep, that petitioner’s predecessor contracted to purchase it on installment payments in 1930, acquired the…