Jewish Mental Health Society v. Village of Hastings

Majority

p. 458

In the Matter of Jewish Mental Health Society, Appellant, against Village of Hastings et al., Respondents.

(Argued September 30, 1935;

decided October 8, 1935.)

p. 460

Sidney Newborg and Donald L. Newborg for appellant.

Headnote

The hospital is not an insane asylum. Therefore, its location is not barred by the zoning ordinance. (People ex rel. Board of Charities v. N. Y. Soc. P. C. 161 N. Y. 233 ; 162 N. Y. 429 ; City of Rochester v. Rochester Girls’ Home, 194 N. Y. Supp. 236 .) The attempt to exclude charitable institutions from residential districts is unconstitutional, arbitrary and void. (Women’s Kansas City St. Andrews Soc. v. Kansas City, 58 Fed. Rep. [2d] 593; Continental Oil Co. City of Twin Falls, 49 Idaho, 89 ; Ignaciunas v. Risley, 98 J. L. 712; 99 N. J. L. 389 ; Matter of Stevens v. Clarke, 216 App. Div. 351 ; Matter of Barker v. Switzer, 209 App. Div. 151 ; 238 N. Y. 624 ; Jewish Consumptives’ Relief Society v. Town of Woodbury, 230 App. Div. 228 ; 256 N. Y. 619 ; Jardine v. City of Pasadena, 199 Cal. 64 ; Village of University Heights v. Cleveland Jewish Orphans Home, 20 Fed. Rep. [2d] 743; 275 U. S. 569 ; State of Washington ex rel. Seattle Title Trust Co. v. Roberge, 278 U. S. 116 ; Nedow v. City of Cambridge, 277 U. S. 183 ; Buchanan v. Worley, 245 U. S. 60 ; Liggett Co. v. Baldridge, 278 U. S. 105 ; Village of Terrace Park v. Errett, 12 Fed. Rep. [2d] 240.)

John J. Dillon and William D. Cunningham for Village of Hastings et ah, respondents.

The petitioner’s institution is used and is to be used as an asylum for the insane, a use which is expressly prohibited by the zoning ordinance. (People v. Shakun, 251 N. Y. 107 ; Cooper-Snell Co. v. State, 230 N. Y. 249 ; People ex rel. Kemp v. D’Oench, 111 N. Y. 359 ; Doyle v. City of Troy, 138 App. Div. 650 ; 202 N. Y. 625 .) The ordinance is a reasonable exercise of the police power and is constitutional. (People ex rel. A. P. C. Co. v. Knapp, 230 N. Y. 48 ; N. Y. C. R. R. Co. v. Williams, 199 N. Y. 108 ; Skaneateles Water Works Co. v. Village of Skaneateles, 161 N. Y. 154 ; Matter of Wulf-sohn v. Burden, 241 N. Y. 288 ; Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co., 272 U. S. 365 ; People ex rel. St. Albans-

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Springfield Corp. v. Connell, 257 N. Y. 73 .) The petitioner has no right to construct the proposed building as a non-conforming use. (American Wood Products Co. v. City of Minneapolis, 21 Fed. Rep. [2d] 440; 35 Fed. Rep. [2d] 657; ex rel. City Ice & Fuel Co. v. Stegner, 120 Ohio, 418 ; Greenwich Gas Co. v. Tuthill, 113 Conn. 684 ; Thayer v. Bd. of Appeals of City of Hartford, 114 Conn. 15 ; People ex rel. Publicity Leasing Co. v. Ludwig, 218 N. Y. 540 ; Fox Lane Corp. v. Mann, 216 App. Div. 813 ; 243 N. Y. 550 ; Bice v. Van Vranken, 225 App. Div. 179 ; 255 N. Y. 541 ; Town of Ramapo v. Bochar, 151 Mise. Rep. 613.)

John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney-General Epstein of counsel), for Frederick W. Parsons, as Commissioner of the Department of Mental Hygiene, et ah, respondents.

The evidence sustains the finding that the institution of the appellant is an asylum for the insane. In the circumstances the zoning ordinance is a valid exercise of authority reasonably conferred for the general welfare.

The order should be affirmed, with costs.

Crane, Ch. J., Lehman, O’Brien, Hubbs, Crouch, Loughran and Finch, JJ., concur.

Order affirmed.

Cases cited

People ex rel. State Board of Charities v. New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children 161 N. Y. 233 N.Y. 1900-01-09 p. 460
People ex rel. State Board of Charities v. New York Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children 162 N. Y. 429 N.Y. 1900-04-17 p. 460
Barker v. Switzer 238 N. Y. 624 N.Y. 1924-07-05 p. 460
Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society v. Town of Woodbury 256 N. Y. 619 N.Y. 1931-05-12 p. 460
Jardine v. City of Pasadena 199 Cal. 64 Cal. 1926-07-01 p. 460
Jameson v. Guaranty Trust Co. of New York 275 U. S. 569 SCOTUS 1927-11-28 p. 460
Washington ex rel. Seattle Title Trust Co. v. Roberge 278 U. S. 116 SCOTUS 1928-11-19 p. 460
Nectow v. City of Cambridge 277 U. S. 183 SCOTUS 1928-05-14 p. 460
Buchanan v. Warley 245 U. S. 60 SCOTUS 1917-11-05 p. 460
Louts K. Liggett Co. v. Baldridge 278 U. S. 105 SCOTUS 1928-11-19 p. 460
People v. Shaken 251 N. Y. 107 N.Y. 1929-05-28 p. 460
Cooper-Snell Co. v. State 230 N. Y. 249 N.Y. 1921-01-25 p. 460
People ex rel. Kemp v. D'Oench 111 N. Y. 359 N.Y. 1888-11-27 p. 460
People ex rel. Alpha Portland Cement Co. v. Knapp 230 N. Y. 48 N.Y. 1920-11-23 p. 460
New York Central & Hudson River Railroad v. Williams 199 N. Y. 108 N.Y. 1910-06-14 p. 460
Skaneateles Water Works Co. v. Village of Skaneateles 161 N. Y. 154 N.Y. 1899-12-05 p. 460
Wulfsohn v. Burden 241 N. Y. 288 N.Y. 1925-11-24 p. 460
Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. 272 U. S. 365 SCOTUS 1926-11-22 p. 460
People ex rel. St. Albans-Springfield Corp. v. Connell 257 N. Y. 73 N.Y. 1931-07-15 p. 461
People ex rel. Publicity Leasing Co. v. Ludwig 218 N. Y. 540 N.Y. 1916-07-11 p. 461
Fox Lane Corp. v. Mann 243 N. Y. 550 N.Y. 1926-06-08 p. 461
Fairl v. International Railway Co. 255 N. Y. 541 N.Y. 1930-11-18 p. 461