Brown v. Waryas

In June, 1964 the defendants constituting the Common Council of the City of Poughkeepsie were considering amending the zoning ordinance as it affected approximately 24 acres of property in said city from R-l residential and C-2 commercial to B-5 multi-family residential. Plaintiffs, 57 persons who allegedly own property comprising at least 20% of the land either within the area of the proposed change, adjacent to it or directly opposite it, together with other persons, filed with the city on June 8, 1964 a protest against the proposed zoning ordinance amendment. If such protest was a valid…