By this proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act, the petitioners seek an order in the nature of mandamus to compel the village board to act upon an application for a gasoline station permit.
The Building Zone Ordinance of the Village of Hempstead provides that a gasoline filling station may be operated in a Business B district only when authorized as a special exception by the board of appeals and that before the...
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