· 9/15/1882
People ex rel. Gass v. Lee
Citations
- 34 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 614
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- zoning board properly granted a de minimis variance to allow increase of approximately 4% of the width in a one-acre lot
- zoning board properly granted a de minimis variance to allow increase of approximately 4% of the width in a one-acre lot
- variance was de minimis even though the proposed deviation was 7/10 of a foot (7%) variance from an ordinance’s ten-foot side yard setback requirement
- Board neither abused its discre tion, nor committed an error of law when it permitted only a minimal deviation by granting a 7/10 of a foot variance from a ten-foot side yard requirement.
- de minimis exception for a 7/10 foot side yard variance
- residential sideyard variance of seven-tenths of a foot is de minimus
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Judges: Barnard, Cullen
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