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TWO ZONING VIOLATION SUMMONSES ADDRESSING THE SAME USE OF THE PROPERTY WERE NOT DUPLICATIVE; THEREFORE THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF BUILDINGS’ FAILURE TO APPEAL THE DISMISSAL OF THE FIRST SUMMONS DID NOT PRECLUDE THE SECOND (FIRST DEPT).

The First Department, in a full-fledged opinion by Justice Oing, determined that two actions brought by the NYC Department of Buildings (DOB) seeking the removal of four large industrial shipping containers from petitioner’s auto-repair-shop premises were not duplicative. Therefore the DOB’s failure to appeal the dismissal of the first summons did not preclude the second summons. The second summons was dismissed by the hearing officer but was reinstated by the OATH [NYC Office of Trials and Hearings] Appeals Unit. The First Department upheld the reversal by the Appeals Unit. [The decision covers several substantive issues not summarized here]:

Petitioners argue primarily that although the summonses cite to two different provisions of the law — a Zoning Resolution violation and a certificate of occupancy violation pursuant to Administrative Code § 28-118.3.2 — the same proof and arguments were presented at the hearings for both summonses, namely, the certificate of occupancy, photographs depicting storage of the shipping containers on the property, the argument that the shipping containers would be transformed into trucks, and the counterargument that the storage was not a permitted use. They contend that this analysis is sufficient to demonstrate the duplicative nature of the summonses. The argument is unavailing. * * *

Here … the same body of evidence is used to prove two different violations, a violation of the Zoning Resolution, which covers the permitted uses and businesses within a specific area, and a violation of the certificate of occupancy, which applies specifically to the property, and describes the legal occupancy and use of that property. Moreover, the remedy for the two summonses is not the same. The first summons demanded that petitioners discontinue the illegal use, while the second summons provided for alternative remedies — discontinue illegal use or amend the certificate of occupancy. Accordingly, the OATH Appeals Unit’s finding that the second summons was not duplicative of the first summons was not arbitrary and capricious. Matter of Karakash v Del Valle, 2021 NY Slip Op 01484, First Dept 3-11-21

 

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