Case Name: In the Matter of Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach, Appellant, v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Hempstead, Respondent. Sunny Atlantic Partners, Intervenor-Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1999-12-16
Citations: 94 N.Y.2d 842
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach, Appellant, v Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Hempstead, Respondent. Sunny Atlantic Partners, Intervenor-Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 94
Pages: 842–844

Head Matter:
[724 NE2d 365, 702 NYS2d 573]
In the Matter of Incorporated Village of Atlantic Beach, Appellant, v Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of Hempstead, Respondent. Sunny Atlantic Partners, Intervenor-Respondent.
Argued November 11, 1999;
decided December 16, 1999
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Schapiro & Reich, Lindenhurst (Steven M. Schapiro and Perry S. Reich of counsel), for appellant.
Joseph J. Ra, Town Attorney of Town of Hempstead (Thomas McKevitt of counsel), for respondent.
Forchelli, Schwartz, Mineo & Carlino, L. L. P., Mineola (Janet M. Insardi of counsel), for intervenor-respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
The Zoning Board of Appeals held that the caretaker's apartment was a permitted accessory use, given the size of the beach club and the propensity for vandalism in an area that was deserted when the club was not in use. That determination was neither irrational, unreasonable nor inconsistent with the governing statute (Matter of New York Botanical Garden v Board of Stds. & Appeals, 91 NY2d 413, 419). The lodging and sleeping prohibitions of the Town ordinance apply only to the beach club, not to its permitted accessory uses.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Bellacosa, Smith, Levine, Ciparick, Wesley and Rosenblatt concur.
Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.