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· 9/15/1882

People ex rel. Gass v. Lee

Citations

  • 34 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 614

How courts have described this case

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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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