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THE MUNICIPAL LAW PROVISION WHICH REQUIRES JUNK YARDS TO BE LICENSED DOES NOT APPLY IN PLAINTIFF TOWN WHERE DEFENDANT OPERATES HER JUNK YARD; A LOCAL ZONING ORDINANCE, WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE LICENSURE, IS THE CONTROLLING LAW (FOURTH DEPT).

The Fourth Department, reversing Supreme Court, determined the Municipal Law provision which requires junk yards to be licensed does not apply to defendant because the local zoning ordinance is the controlling law:

… [T]he parties dispute whether General Municipal Law § 136 applies to junkyards located within plaintiff [town]. That statute provides that it “shall not be construed to . . . supersede . . . ordinances or local laws for the control of junk yards . . . and shall not be deemed to apply to any municipality which has any ordinance or local law or regulation to license or regulate junk yards” (General Municipal Law § 136 [12]).

We agree with defendant that General Municipal Law § 136 is inapplicable to plaintiff’s regulation of her junkyard inasmuch as plaintiff has a local “zoning ordinance[] . . . for the control of junk yards . . . in effect” … . Plaintiff’s Zoning Ordinance … defines the term “Junkyard,” establishes Zoning Districts, including, as relevant here, an “Agricultural/Residential District” and an “Industrial Zoning District,” provides that a junkyard is allowed only in an Industrial Zoning District and only with a Special Use Permit, and governs the application for and issuance of Special Use Permits. Plaintiff [town] therefore effectively implemented an “ordinance or local law or regulation to license or regulate junk yards” … . It is of no moment that plaintiff’s Zoning Ordinance did not include a specific policy for issuing a license for junkyards … . Town of Montezuma v Smith, 2024 NY Slip Op 06433, Fourth Dept 12-20-24

Practice Point: By its own terms the General Municipal Law provision which requires licensure of junk yards does not apply in towns that have a zoning ordinance which regulates junk yards, even where the ordinance does not require licensure.

 

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