Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 1948

Ernst v. Board of Appeals on Zoning of the City of New Rochelle

Ernst v. Board of Appeals on Zoning of the City of New Rochelle
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided June 21, 1948
274 A.D. 809; 79 N.Y.S.2d 798; 1948 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3461
Ernst v. Board of Appeals on Zoning of the City of New Rochelle

Opinion of the Court

Appeal by the Board of Appeals on Zoning of the City of New Rochelle from an order which annulled *810the board’s determination denying the application of respondent for a variance, so as to permit certain premises owned by respondent and situated in a residential zone to be used as a convalescent home, and directed that the board grant such permission. Order reversed on the law and the facts, without costs, and.the proceeding dismissed, without costs. The power to vary or modify the application of any of the provisions of the zoning ordinance is vested in the board of appeals. (General City Law, § 81.) The court will not substitute its judgment for that of the board, and the judgment of the board may not be set aside unless it clearly appears to be arbitrary or contrary to law. (People ex rel. Hudson-Harlem Co. v. Walker, 282 N. Y. 400.) It does not appear in this case that the determination by the board was arbitrary or capricious. (Matter of Otto v. Steinhilber, 282 N. Y. 71.) Lewis, P. J., Adel, Nolan, Sneed and Wenzel, JJ., concur.

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