Questione giuridica chiave
Whether a private senior-housing project is permissible in a zone for public buildings and facilities.
Decisione estratta
No. Private senior apartments are not zone-compliant in a zone reserved for public buildings and facilities.
Motivazione estratta
Such zones are intended for public or public-purpose buildings and facilities and are generally reserved for the future needs of the community. Although private entities may sometimes perform public-purpose tasks, private housing construction, including state-supported senior owner-occupied housing, belongs in residential zones, not in the public-buildings zone. The project remained a private venture for a limited circle of private purchasers, so the public authority had lost control over the parcel’s public use.