Town of Hampton v. Brust

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “Increasing the number of [arcade] machines and placing them in a new room are not unlawful unless they lead to a substantially different use of the . . . property or to a substantial change in the nature and purpose of the original use.” (citation omitted)
• law firm could increase number of lawyers or clients; restaurant could add more tables and chairs
• “where there is no substantial change in the use’s effect on the neighborhood, the landowner will be allowed to increase the volume, intensity or frequency of the nonconforming use”
• “[W]here there is no substantial change in the use’s effect on the neighborhood, the landowner will be allowed to increase the volume, intensity or frequency of the non-conforming use.”
• “[w]here there is no substantial change in the use’s effect on the neighborhood, the landowner will be allowed to increase the volume, intensity or frequency of the nonconforming use”
• expansion of arcade business by adding more machines within existing structure

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).