3 A.D.2d 663 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1957
In a proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, by property owners in the village of Ardsley, to compel the revocation of a building permit previously issued for the erection of a motel, the appeal is from an order denying the petition and dismissing the proceeding, and from a judgment against appellants for costs and disbursements. When the building permit was issued, the premises were in a district where a hotel was a permitted use. Thereafter, the zoning ordinance was amended so as to create a new “ Motor Hotel (Motel) District ”, permitting motels as a “ Special Use ” after public hearing and subject to specified conditions and restrictions. There is no claim by respondents that there has been compliance with the requirements of the ordinance as amended. The Special Term, at the request of the parties, determined the proceeding on the papers and exhibits submitted and held that a motel was a permitted use under the zoning ordinance prior to its amendment; that the amendment was not con