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TRAFFIC CONCERNS JUSTIFIED THE ZONING BOARD’S RESTRICTIONS ON A RESTAURANT’S HOURS OF OPERATION AND REQUIREMENT FOR VALET PARKING (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the zoning board of appeals’ (ZBA’s) restrictions on the hours of operation of petitioner’s restaurant, as well as the requirement for valey parking, were appropriate. The hours coincided with the availability of off-street parking:

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“A zoning board may, where appropriate, impose reasonable conditions and restrictions as are directly related to and incidental to the proposed use of the property, and aimed at minimizing the adverse impact to an area that might result from the grant of a variance or special permit”… . “However, if a zoning board imposes unreasonable or improper conditions, those conditions may be annulled although the variance is upheld'” … .

Here, the ZBA’s conditions requiring valet parking and limiting the petitioner’s hours of operation to coincide with the hours of access to the 40 off-street parking spaces granted in the license agreement were proper because the conditions related directly to the use of the land and were intended to protect the neighboring commercial properties from the potential adverse effects of the petitioner’s operation, such as the anticipated increase in traffic congestion and parking problems… ” The need to alleviate traffic congestion by requiring adequate parking facilities’ is a legitimate consideration for a zoning board of appeals” … .

… The ZBA was entitled to rely on the testimony of the local store owners, since “a zoning board’s reliance upon specific, detailed testimony of neighbors based on personal knowledge does not render a variance determination the product of generalized and conclusory community opposition”… . Their testimony was supported by the observation of the petitioner’s own expert that there is a great demand for parking in the area of the subject restaurant. Members of the ZBA were also entitled to rely on their own personal knowledge of the area in reaching their decision … . Matter of Bonefish Grill, LLC v Zoning Bd. of Appeals of the Vil. of Rockville Ctr., 2017 NY Slip Op 06643, Fourth Dept 9-29-17

 

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