Bennett v. Board of Review of Suffolk

The petitioner is the owner of a 15,880-square-foot parcel of real property located on Halsey Street in the Village of Southampton. The property, which was originally comprised of two separate lots, the title to which merged by operation of law, is currently improved by a one-family residence and a three-car garage with a lean-to. The petitioner seeks to subdivide the property into 2 separate 7,940-square-foot lots, 1 of which would contain the existing residence, and the other of *521which would contain a proposed residence plus the existing three-car garage.

The petitioner obtained the approval…