Opinion

Matter of Rosbar Co. v. Bd. of Appeals of the City of Long Beach

  • 53 N.Y.2d 623
  • 438 N.Y.S.2d 777
  • 420 N.E.2d 969
  • 1981 N.Y. LEXIS 2294
Court
New York Court of Appeals
Filed
Mar 24, 1981
Status
Published
On the bench
Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer Concur
Cited by
14 cases
Authority
More cited than 88.8%

The opinion

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The prior nonfinal order of the Appellate Division dated January 22, 1979 having been reviewed, the order of that court dated July 7, 1980 should be affirmed, with costs.

There is substantial evidence in the record to support the finding of the board of appeals that there had been such a change in use of the subject premises as to cause it to lose its nonconforming status. There was proof that what was in essence a seasonal summer hotel had been converted to a year-round facility for senior citizens with a consequent significant increase in demand for municipal services. Nor does this case present any occasion to make an exception to the general rule that the doctrine of estoppel is not applicable to preclude a municipality from enforcing the provisions of its zoning ordinance.

Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer concur.

Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.

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