246 A.D. 758 | N.Y. App. Div. | 1935
The petitioner made application to the town board of the town of North Hempstead for a change of the zoning ordinance, pertaining to petitioner’s property located in the village of Manhasset, from a business zone to an industrial zone. It does not appear that there had been any such industrial zone established. It was, in effect, a petition for new legislation. There was no application for variance because of practical difficulties and unnecessary hardships. A hearing was granted before the town board and substantial opposition developed to any such change. No proof was offered by the petitioner and nothing appeared in her application indicating that the property could not be utilized in a conforming use. The application was denied and the petitioner sought review by a certiorari order. It appeared that