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Exact Compliance with SEQRA Architectural Conditions Are Enforceable

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Recently in BMG Monroe I, LLC v. Village of Monroe Zoning Board of Appeals, the Second Department reinforced strict compliance with all State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) visual impact findings and mitigation...more

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Law of the Land - Real Estate Litigation Newsletter - June 2023, Volume II, Issue III

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NONCONFORMING USE CLAIMS "ROCKED OUT" BY APPEALS COURT - Butler v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Mattapoisett, 22-P-463 (Mass. App. Ct. Apr. 19, 2023) - In Butler, Maureen and George Butler (the “Butlers”) asked the...more

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Law of the Land - Real Estate Litigation Newsletter - April 2023, Volume II, Issue II

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FEATURED ARTICLE - Efforts clauses are common in commercial agreements, including those involving real estate. Where one or both parties cannot guarantee a particular outcome, efforts clauses attempt to qualify obligations....more

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Is Prior Precedent Dead in the Village of Southampton? Depends on Who You Ask.

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Recently, the Suffolk County Supreme Court affirmed the Southampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) denial of a special permit to subdivide the subject property into two residential lots in the Village’s Office...more

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Zoning – Reasonable Accommodations Under the Fair Housing Act.

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Typically, zoning variances “run with the land”, and absent a specific time limitation, they continue until properly revoked. See, St. Onge v. Donovan, 71 NY2d 507, [1988]. As a result, variances cannot be made to apply only...more

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Appeals Court Excuses City’s Notice-by-Mail Fail

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Today the Appeals Court decided Markham v. Pittsfield Cellular Telephone Company (pdf), holding that the 90-day appeal period under M.G.L. c. 40A, § 17 for zoning appeals alleging procedural defects is not tolled where a...more

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Planning & Zoning in Kentucky – Bring Your “A” Game to the Administrative Hearing

A key piece of our American legal system is due process, and the right to have your “day in court.” For planning and zoning appeals, that day in court will likely come before you arrive at the circuit court. ...more

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How Small is Too Small of a Lot? Limits on Area Variances for Subdivisions

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When requesting deviation from setback minimums or minimum lot size requirements, a developer must request an area variance. Even if the lots are zoned residential and the developer only wants to build a single-family...more

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Hamilton County Zoning Litigation Demonstrates Value of Expert Testimony

A recent decision out of Hamilton County highlights the importance of experts in zoning disputes. In Kinney v. Newtown Bd of Zoning Appeals, 2021-Ohio-4217 (1st Dist.), the property owner sought planning commission approval...more

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No Standing to Protect the Pine Barrens

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Before adjudication, a court must determine whether a plaintiff has standing. Standing means that the party has a right to access the courts for a particular dispute. A petitioner bears the burden to show an actual injury and...more

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Appeals Court Resurrects Neighbors’ Claims Against Noisy Vineyard Venue

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In its recent decision in Allegaert v. Harbor View Hotel Owner, LLC, the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed in part two Superior Court judgments dismissing the plaintiffs’ zoning appeals. In the process the Appeals Court...more

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Reversal of Zoning Board’s Denial of Variance Application Upheld on Appeal

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In Matter of O’Connor and Son’s Home Improvement, LLC v. Acevedo, et al., the petitioner, O’Connor and Son’s Home Improvement, LLC (“Petitioner”), owns a 120-foot by 57-foot parcel of property (the “Property”) located in the...more

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To Meet Zoning Frontage Requirement, “Linear Feet” Need Not be in a Straight Line

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Earlier this month in Perry v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Hull (pdf), the Appeals Court considered whether only a straight line along a private way constitutes “frontage” under the local zoning bylaw....more

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Appellate Division Upholds ZBA Determination Transferred from Supreme Court Pursuant to CPLR §7804(g)

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In 2017, 8 Bayberry Rd, LLC submitted an application to the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Bellport (“ZBA”) seeking several variances to convert an existing three-car garage into a squash court and work out area...more

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Appellate Division Rejects Neighbor Attempt to Add Variances to Scope of Property Owner’s ZBA Application.

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Absent local legislation to the contrary, town and village zoning boards act solely as appellate bodies authorized to hear and decide appeals taken from decisions by local zoning enforcement officials (ZEOs) (see Town Law §...more

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Appellate Division Upholds Supreme Court Dismissal of Article 78 Petition Against East Hampton Village Zoning Board of Appeals

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In the Matter of Parsome, LLC v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of East Hampton, decided February 10, 2021, the petitioner appealed the denial of an Article 78 Petition by the Supreme Court, Suffolk County. The...more

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Second Department Scraps North Hempstead Board of Zoning Appeals’ Denial for Lack of Evidence

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In D.P.R Scrap Metal. Inc., v Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of North Hempstead, __AD3d__, [2d Dept 2020], the Appellate Division affirmed the grant of the Article 78 Petition of D.P.R. Scrap Metal Inc. (DPR) annulling...more

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Appellate Division Upholds Supreme Court’s Determination on Breakers Motel, East Hampton

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In 2018, this Blog published “Challenge to Montauk’s Motel Restaurant Fails at Supreme Court Level” discussing the Article 78 petition and plenary action entitled Jane H. Concannon Revocable Trust v. The Building Department...more

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Appellate Court Upholds Zoning Board’s Denial of Patio Setback Variance

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In July of 2016, Lisa and Robert Gerbino (hereinafter “Gerbinos”) made an application to the Town of East Hampton Zoning Board of Appeals (“ZBA”) for setback relief to allow an existing patio that was built without a permit...more

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Town of East Hampton ZBA Denial of 9.8 Foot Setback Variance for a Patio is Upheld by Appellate Division, Second Department

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In July of 2016, Lisa and Robert Gerbino (hereinafter “Gerbinos”) made an application to the Town of East Hampton Zoning Board of Appeals (“ZBA”) for setback relief to allow an existing patio that was built without a permit...more

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Maine Law Court Restricts Use of Easements for Development Permits

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Recently,  the Maine Supreme Judicial Court (the Law Court) issued a decision that could impact developers’ ability to apply for development permits if the developer proposes to use property over which the developer has only...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Village of Southampton Zoning Board of Appeals Determination

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Applicants sought to subdivide two lots located at 550 Hill Street and 554 Hill Street in the Village of Southampton into three residential lots with a 25 foot wide access easement along the southerly side of an adjoining...more

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Second Department Affirms Article 78 Reversal of Village Zoning Board Determination

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Petitioner, Claude Simon (“Petitioner”), owns approximately 2.25 acres of property in the Village of Upper Nyack (the “Village”), which he sought to subdivide into two separate lots.  The first lot would contain the existing...more

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Mass. Appeals Court Clarifies How Zoning Cases Can – and Can’t – Be Settled

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The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently decided that a settlement agreement resolving a zoning case brought by the Town of Bourne did not prevent neighbors from obtaining zoning enforcement inconsistent with that settlement....more

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Appellate Division Upholds Denial of Article 78 Petition Against Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of North Haven

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Ronald A. Kaye, the property owner at 39 Actors Colony Road, Village of North Haven, sought to subdivide his 157, 241 square foot property into two residential lots. The subject property is located in the Residence R-1 Zoning...more

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