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THE PLANNING BOARD DID NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO WAIVE OR IGNORE THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE VILLAGE ZONING CODE; THE SPECIAL USE PERMIT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ISSUED AND THE SITE PLAN SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN APPROVED (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department determined the planning board abused its discretion in issuing a special permit and approving a site plan for a plant nursery and arborist business. To issue the special permit, the planning board improperly waived a requirement that the business have frontage and access to two major roads. The approve the site plan, the planning board which violated the village zoning law:

One of the requirements of the special use permit at issue was that the arborist service, landscape services and/or wholesale nursery “shall have frontage on and practical access to two major roads” (Code of the Village of Wesley Hills [hereinafter Village Code] § 230-26[N][2]). Here, the Planning Board abused its discretion by waiving this requirement and deeming “practical access” to a second major road unnecessary. …

… A local planning board has broad discretion in deciding applications for site plan approvals, and judicial review is limited to determining whether the board’s action was illegal, arbitrary and capricious, or an abuse of discretion … . Village Code § 230-45 states that the Planning Board “shall not approve a site plan unless it shall find that such plan conforms [with] the requirements of [the Village Zoning Law].” Since the Village Zoning Law requires that a lot in the R—35 zoning district have a maximum gross impervious surface ratio of .25 (see Village Code § 230 Attachment I), the Planning Board abused its discretion in approving the site plan, which had a proposed gross impervious surface ratio of .44. Matter of Marcus v Planning Bd. of the Vil. of Wesley Hills, 2021 NY Slip Op 06618, Second Dept 11-24-21

 

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