Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Denis P. Healy, Respondent, v. John P. Leo, Chairman, and Others, Constituting the Board of Appeals Created by Chapter 503 of the Laws of 1916, Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1920-12
Citations: 194 A.D. 973
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Denis P. Healy, Respondent, v. John P. Leo, Chairman, and Others, Constituting the Board of Appeals Created by Chapter 503 of the Laws of 1916, Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 194
Pages: 973–973

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Denis P. Healy, Respondent, v. John P. Leo, Chairman, and Others, Constituting the Board of Appeals Created by Chapter 503 of the Laws of 1916, Appellants.
Adding to Greater New York Charter (Laws of 1901, chap. 466), § 718d et seq. Amd. by Laws of 1917, chap. 601. See Greater New York Charter, §§ 242a, 242b, added by Laws of 1914, chap. 470, as amd. by Laws of 1916, chap. 497, and Laws of 1917, chap. 601.— [Rep.

Opinion:
Order sustaining writ of certiorari and annulling proceeding of the board of appeals reversed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and writ dismissed, and proceeding confirmed, upon the ground that the relator applying to the board of appeals for a variation of the requirements of the Zoning Law, section?, subdivisions "a," "e " and " g," and section 20, failed to file with said board the requisite consents of property owners required by the law. The plans for alterations in relator's building are also contrary to the provisions of section 6 of article II of the zoning resolution in that the alterations wore greater than fifty per cent of the value of the building, and the relator conceded that he had no permit for the operation of a public garage upon the premises. Applications to vary the zoning regulations in a particular case are addressed largely to the discretion of the board of appeals which will not be interfered with by the court except in clear cases of abuse of such discretion. (People ex rel. Kennedy v. Brady, 166 N. Y, 44, 49; People ex rel. Facey v. Leo, 110 Misc. Rep. 516; affd., 193 App. Div. 910; People ex rel. Beinert v. Miller, 188 id. 113.) Jenks, P. J., Rich, Putnam and Kelly, JJ., concur; Blackmar, J., not voting.
See Building Zone Resolution July 25, 1916, as amd.— [Rep.