TOWN OF ISLIP v. POWELL


78 Misc.2d 1007 (1974)

Town of Islip, Plaintiff, v. Stewart Powell et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court, Special Term, Suffolk County.

June 27, 1974


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry G. Wenzel, III, Town Attorney, for plaintiff. James A. Gowan for defendants.


LEON D. LAZER, J.

At issue on these motions by the Town of Islip ("Islip") for a preliminary injunction and to strike defenses from the answer is the power of local government units in Nassau and Suffolk Counties to zone their waterfront lands and issue permits for piers, wharves and docks. The relevant portion of the Islip zoning ordinance provides that "underwater [land] shall be considered as being in the same district as the abutting upland" for a...

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