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THE RULING OF THE TOWN PLANNING BOARD ENGINEER RE: A PROPOSED INDUSTRIAL PARK MUST BE CHALLENGED BEFORE THE TOWN ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS, NOT SUPREME COURT (SECOND DEPT). ​

The Second Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the petitioners’ challenge to a ruling by the town’s planning board engineer must first be brought in front of the town’s zoning board of appeals before a court can hear it:

“It is hornbook law that one who objects to the act of an administrative agency must exhaust available administrative remedies before being permitted to litigate in a court of law” … . “This doctrine . . . reliev[es] the courts of the burden of deciding questions entrusted to an agency, prevent[s] premature judicial interference with the administrators’ efforts to develop[ ] . . . a co-ordinated, consistent and legally enforceable scheme of regulation,” and allows the agency “to prepare a record reflective of its expertise and judgment” … . “Planning boards are without power to interpret the local zoning law, as that power is vested exclusively in local code enforcement officials and the zoning board of appeals” … .

As required by Code of the Town of New Windsor § 300-86(D)(3), the Planning Board Engineer reported to the Planning Board that the proposed site plan met all applicable zoning laws. Since the Town’s Zoning Board of Appeals had the authority to review determinations of administrative officials with respect to local zoning laws … , the petitioners were required to challenge the determination of the Planning Board Engineer before the Zoning Board of Appeals … . Matter of O’Malley v Town of New Windsor Planning Bd., 2024 NY Slip Op 02537, Second Dept 5-8-24

Practice Point: Here the petitioners did not exhaust their administrative remedies before bringing a petition in Supreme Court. The town planning board engineer’s ruling on an application for approval of an industrial park must first be challenged in front of the town zoning board of appeals before an Article 78 petition is an available remedy.

 

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