People ex rel. Saypol v. Griffin

This is an application to review the action of the Board of Appeals of the Town of Oyster Bay in denying petitioner’s application for a variance of the zoning ordinance so as to permit the manufacturing, assembling and loading of small arms and ammunition on petitioner’s premises. The property, now occupied by Frank Buck as a circus ground for the housing and training of all kinds of wild animals, is zoned under the Building Zone Ordinance for “ Business H District Uses ” which permits, among others, the following uses: 1) circus or fair grounds; 2) garage or filling station; 3) penal or…