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THE COUNTY, UNDER THE EMINENT DOMAIN PROCEDURE LAW (EDPL), HAD THE POWER TO CONDEMN AN AREA ADJACENT TO AN OFFICE BULIDING FOR USE AS A PARKING LOT; THE ALLOWED PURPOSE UNDER THE EDPL WAS “COMMERCIAL:” THE ARGUMENT THAT THE PURPOSE WAS “HEALTHCARE,” NOT “COMMERCIAL,” BECAUSE THE BUILDING WOULD HOUSE DOCTORS’ OFFICES WAS REJECTED (CT APP).

The Court of Appeals, reversing the Appellate Division, determined the Oneida County Industrial Development Agency (OCIDA) properly exercised its power under the Eminent Domain Procedure Law (EDPL) to obtain property be used for as parking for an office building, as well as public parking. The the fact that the building would be used for doctor’s offices did not negate the “commercial” purpose of the building within the meaning of the EDPL. Petitioner’s argued the building served a “healthcare,” not a “commercial” purpose and therefore was not subject to the condemnation power of the OCICA:

General Municipal Law § 858 (4) grants industrial development agencies the power to “acquire by purchase, grant, lease, gift, pursuant to the provisions of the [EDPL], or otherwise and to use, real property or rights or easements therein necessary for its corporate purposes.” “The purposes of [an industrial development] agency are to promote, develop, encourage[,] and assist in the acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, improving, maintaining, equipping[,] and furnishing industrial, manufacturing, warehousing, commercial, research, renewable energy[,] and recreation facilities” … . The question here is whether OCIDA appropriately determined that taking the property was necessary for a “commercial” purpose.

As a general matter, a parking facility used by the customers of a profit-making business plainly has a “commercial” purpose. Matter of Bowers Dev., LLC v Oneida County Indus. Dev. Agency, 2023 NY Slip Op 06406. CtApp 12-14-23

Practice Point: The Eminent Domain Procedure Law (EDPL) allows land to be condemned by a county industrial development agency for “commercial” but not “healthcare” purposes. Here the county properly condemned land next to an office building for parking, despite the fact that doctors would be tenants in the office building.

 

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