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Failure to Apply for Zoning Variance Re: Sale of Adult Materials Rendered Plaintiff’s Free-Speech Challenge to the Code Speculative, i.e., Not Ripe for Review

The Third Department determined that plaintiff’s free-speech-violation claims re: the city’s failure to specify a zone for the sale of adult material were not ripe for review.  Plaintiff did not inform the city of his intent to sell adult material and did not use the procedures in place to obtain a zoning variance allowing the sale of adult material:

We shall not address plaintiff’s assertion that the failure of the Code of the City of Troy to specify a zone where adult materials may be sold violates plaintiff’s free speech rights under both the US and NY Constitutions, as this issue is not ripe for our review. According to the City’s Assistant Plans Examiner, if a particular use was not set forth in the list of allowed uses or special permit uses enumerated in the Code, as was the case with adult establishments, a use variance could be obtained by seeking approval from the appropriate zoning board. Because [plaintiff’s principal] did not disclose the extent of plaintiff’s sale of adult material in applying for a certificate of occupancy, and therefore did not follow the process set out in the Code to apply for a use variance, any harm that plaintiff may have suffered pursuant to such Code was speculative and contingent upon the City’s anticipated rejection of plaintiff’s proposal. Under these circumstances, plaintiff’s challenge to the constitutionality of the Code is not ripe for review … . Your Place LLC v City of Troy, 2014 NY Slip Op 08098, 3rd Dept 11-20-14

 

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