Order reversed, without costs, and the matter remitted to the Special Term for the taking of proof in respect of physical access from the county highway to the proposed structure.
The proceeding is in the nature of mandamus, and a positive order may be made only upon a showing of clear legal right to the relief. In the present case, the unusual distance between the highway and the structure emphasizes the necessity of construing the statute as requiring physical access...
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