While upholding the denial of some area variances and a special permit, finding the evidence in the record supported that determination, the Appellate Division also reversed the denial of a special permit for a refuse enclosure, as well as a variance for placement of a sign. In Matter of White…
Last week President Obama signed the ”Middle Class Tax Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012” which included provisions limiting municipal authority over modification of existing telecommunications facilities. The new provisions read as follows: SEC. 6409. WIRELESS FACILITIES DEPLOYMENT. (a) FACILITY MODIFICATIONS.- (1) IN GENERAL.-Notwithstanding section 704 of the Tele-…
The Appellate Division Fourth Department reversed the denial of a special permit when it found the denial to be based upon “generalized community objections.” In Matter of Young Development, Inc. v. Town of West Senaca, the Court held: “Contrary to respondents’ contention, petitioners established that the sewer system of respondent…
A Local village’s law requiring occupancy applications and inspection of rental units, before permiting occupancy, was held to be unconstitutional by the Appellate Division this week. In
The Appellate Division held that despite the fact that a parcel had been zoned for industrial use for fifty years, and that the Town’s comprehensive plan designated the parcel for industrial use, a rezoning and change of the comprehensive plan to residential use of the parcel was a proper exercise…
The Appellate Division held that the filing of a zoning board’s minutes, rather than the subsequent filing of the zoning board’s formal decision, commenced the running of thirty day statue of limitations for challenging that decision. In Matter of 92 MM Motel, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the…
The Appellate Division, Third Department, reversed the denial of a special permit for 48 affordable apartment units as being based solely on generalized community objections and unsupported by empirical evidence. In Matter of Kinderhook Development, LLC v. City of Gloversville Planning Board the Court found that, after the planning board…
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals held a local zoning provision, relating to the measurement of the height of a building, to be unconstitutionally vague and remanded the matter for consideration of the Plaintiff’s substantive due process claim. In Cunney v. Bd. of Trustees of the Village of Grand View,…
This morning the New York DEC released
An appellate court held that a reduction in the size of a structure by over 30% was a proper condition to site plan approval. In Matter of Greencove Associates LLC v. Town Board of the Town of North Hempstead, the appellate division found that the reduction in the size of…