Decided February 16, 1984 Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, HAROLD L. WOOD, J. Alfred D. Fredericks for appellant. Joseph J. Buderwitz, Jr., for respondents. MEMORANDUM. The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs. The rule that a zoning ordinance is to be strictly construed in favor of the property owner (see Matter of Allen v Adami, 39 N.Y.2d 275, 277) is subject to the limitation that where it is difficult or impractical