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FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE PROVISION OF NYC ADMINISTRATIVE CODE DID NOT TOLL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RE: AN ACTION SEEKING TO RECOVER THE COST OF BUILDING MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY THE CODE AFTER DEFENDANTS’ CONSTRUCTION OF A TALLER NEIGHBORING BUILDING.

The First Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Tom, determined defendants' failure to give notice to plaintiff of their intent to increase the height of a neighboring building did not toll the statute of limitations. The suit concerned two provisions of the Administrative Code of the City of New York. One provision required notice to neighboring property owners of construction to increase the height of a building. The other required the owner of the newly constructed building to increase the height of the chimneys of surrounding buildings to bring them back into conformance with the Administrative Code. Plaintiff was seeking to recover the cost of modifying its chimney which was rendered noncompliant by defendants' now taller neighboring building. The new construction was completed in 2007. The court held defendants' failure to notify plaintiff of the new construction did not excuse plaintiff's failure to bring an action within three years of the completion of the new construction:

Pursuant to the statutory language, plaintiff's claim accrued when defendants' building (1) was erected; (2) was sited within 100 feet of plaintiff's chimney; and (3) was increased in height so that it exceeded the height of plaintiff's chimney vent. Here, all the factual circumstances required to establish a right of action occurred by January 2007, when the work on the building had been substantially completed. The January 22, 2007 temporary certificate of occupancy (CO), issued by the Department of Buildings (DOB), certified that defendants' building was 20 stories tall and “conform[ed] substantially to the approved plans and specifications[,] and to the requirements of all applicable laws, rules and regulations for the uses and occupancies specified” for the project. The approved condominium offering plan stated that the Arts Tower would consist of a cellar level and 20 additional stories. This documentary evidence is prima facie proof that as of January 20, 2007, the building was erected to a height that was 10 stories taller than plaintiff's chimney, and sited within 100 feet of the chimney, thus triggering the three-year limitations period on plaintiff's claim that defendants failed to comply with Administrative Code § 27-860(a). Moreover, plaintiff concedes that it was aware of the building's height by the time construction was substantially completed in 2007. Accordingly plaintiff's claim accrued on January 20, 2007, and this action, commenced in March 2014, is thus time-barred … . West Chelsea Bldg. LLC v Guttman, 2016 NY Slip Op 02548, 1st Dept 3-31-16

CIVIL PROCEDURE (FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE PROVISION OF NYC ADMINISTRATIVE CODE DID NOT TOLL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RE: AN ACTION SEEKING TO RECOVER THE COST OF BUILDING MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY THE CODE AFTER DEFENDANTS' CONSTRUCTION OF A TALLER NEIGHBORING BUILDING)/ADMINSTRATIVE CODE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE PROVISION OF NYC ADMINISTRATIVE CODE DID NOT TOLL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RE: AN ACTION SEEKING TO RECOVER THE COST OF BUILDING MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY THE CODE AFTER DEFENDANTS' CONSTRUCTION OF A TALLER NEIGHBORING BUILDING)/BUILDING HEIGHT (NYC) (FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE PROVISION OF NYC ADMINISTRATIVE CODE DID NOT TOLL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RE: AN ACTION SEEKING TO RECOVER THE COST OF BUILDING MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY THE CODE AFTER DEFENDANTS' CONSTRUCTION OF A TALLER NEIGHBORING BUILDING)/CHIMNEY HEIGHT (NYC) (FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH NOTICE PROVISION OF NYC ADMINISTRATIVE CODE DID NOT TOLL STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS RE: AN ACTION SEEKING TO RECOVER THE COST OF BUILDING MODIFICATIONS REQUIRED BY THE CODE AFTER DEFENDANTS' CONSTRUCTION OF A TALLER NEIGHBORING BUILDING)

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