State ex rel. Farwell v. Leland

How courts have described this case

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• holding that permitting construction of new building would be contrary to zoning intended to protect “scenic, recreational and environmental values”
• reversing variance award where landowner was making reasonable use of the land at time of variance application
• noting permissive expansion of existing structure where no abutters objected and addition would affect area less than use permissible under zoning ordinance
• for purposes of establishing need for a variance, the hardship must involve a deprivation “so great as to effectively prevent the owner from making any reasonable use of his land.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).