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Town of Pompey v. Parker

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 2, 1978
377 N.E.2d 741 (N.Y. 1978)

Opinion

Argued March 28, 1978

Decided May 2, 1978

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, RICHARD ARONSON, J.

Bernard Samuels and Eric M. Alderman for appellant.

Thomas W. Higgins, Jr., and Edward W. Dietrich for respondents.


MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs. While increasing use of mobile homes raises various issues concerning the nature and scope of limitations a municipality may permissibly impose, under the circumstances of this case it is unnecessary to reach these broader questions. Significantly, the town has not excluded all mobile homes as permanent residences, but has merely limited them (see Matter of Bogart v Woodburn, 40 A.D.2d 888; Matter of Stevens v Smolka, 11 A.D.2d 896). Moreover, petitioner has neither applied for the temporary permit authorized under the ordinance, nor looked into the possibility of locating permanently in the trailer park. Finally, although in a future case it may be necessary to consider town or even regional needs, there has been no showing that this is the type of community such as would warrant the application of the principles expressed in Berenson v Town of New Castle ( 38 N.Y.2d 102). In short, on these facts, the constitutional challenge to the ordinance must be rejected.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur in memorandum.

Order affirmed.


Summaries of

Town of Pompey v. Parker

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 2, 1978
377 N.E.2d 741 (N.Y. 1978)
Case details for

Town of Pompey v. Parker

Case Details

Full title:TOWN OF POMPEY, Respondent, v. LEON PARKER, Appellant. LEON PARKER…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 2, 1978

Citations

377 N.E.2d 741 (N.Y. 1978)
377 N.E.2d 741
406 N.Y.S.2d 287

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