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ZONING AND LAND USE issues in this database touch on additional database categories. Some of those categories are listed here in “all caps” and boldface. The specific issues described below are addressed in both the “Zoning and Land Use” database category and, as relevant, the additional categories as indicated. These entries will help in choosing the most relevant categories and keywords for searches in this area of the law.

MUNICIPAL LAW pervades the “Zoning and Land Use” category;

Zoning Violations (actions brought by municipality, etc.);

Building Code Violations (actions brought by municipality, etc.,);

Open Space Requirements (New York City zoning resolution, etc., ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Building Permits;

Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies (ADMINISTRATIVE LAW);

Consulting Fees (wrongly assessed by municipality, etc.);

Special Use Permits;

Variances;

30-Day Appeal Period);

State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Area Variances;

Administrative Law (ADMINISTRATIVE LAW);

Financial Hardship (variances, etc.);

Town Comprehensive Plan;

Transfer of Development Rights;

Rural Corridor;

Agricultural Protection Zone;

Police Powers;

Firewood Storage;

Protected Beach Vegetation (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Retaining Walls;

Planning Boards;

Rezoning;

Arbitrary and Capricious (ADMINISTRATIVE LAW);

Substantial Evidence (ADMINISTRATIVE LAW);

Local Law;

Town Code;

School Districts (zoning regulations, etc., EDUCATION-SCHOOL LAW);

Hardship Exemptions;

Hard Look (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Environmental Impact Statement (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Wetlands (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Traffic Concerns;

Deed Covenants (enforcement, etc., REAL PROPERTY LAW);

Reasonable Return (conforming use, variances, etc.);

Adult Book Stores;

Adult Clubs;

Setbacks;

Immunity (water supply tanks, etc., IMMUNITY)

Standing (contest negative declaration under SEQRA, etc., ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Objections by Neighbors (not determinative, etc.);

Village Law;

Town Law;

Court Review (administrative law, etc., ADMINISTRATIVE LAW);

Woodlot Environmental Protection Overlay District (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Billboards;

Failure to Follow Precedent (ADMINISTRATIVE LAW):

Nonconforming Use;

Site Plan Approval;

Abandonment (nonconforming use, etc.);

Homeless Housing:

Necessary Parties (CIVIL PROCEDURE, ADMINISTRATIVE LAW);

Rebuilding Damaged Non-Conforming Property;

Zone of Interest;

Durational Limits (permit for non-conforming use, etc.);

Accessory Use;

Close Proximity (standing, etc.) (ADMINISTRATIVE LAW, CIVIL PROCEDURE);

Water Law (WATER LAW);

Vested Rights;

Rational Basis (use variance, etc.) (ADMINISTRATIVE LAW);

Use Variances;

Futility Exception (administrative law, etc., ADMINISTRATIVE LAW);

Enjoining Zoning Violations (CIVIL PROCEDURE);

Interpretation of Zoning Ordinances (powers of courts, etc., ADMINISTRATIVE LAW)

Moratorium on Conversion of Hotels to Residential Units (New York City, etc.);

Wetland Control Permit (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Snowmobiles (Adirondack Part, etc.) (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Public Trust Doctrine (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Draft Environmental Impact Statement (demand did not raise justiciable controversy, etc., ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Justiciable Controversy (CIVIL PROCEDURE);

Conflict of Interest (village officials expressing opposition to development did not create, etc.);

Rescission of Negative Declaration (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Parks (construction near parks, standing, etc., ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Subdivision Application (planning boards, court review powers, etc.);

Residential Use (chickens, etc.);

Boathouses (built without permission, dismantling, etc.);

Shopping Mall;

Special Facts Exception;

Navigable Waters (dock construction, etc., NAVIGABLE WATERS)

Revocation of Building Permit;

Protecting Ecological Health of Water Body (ENVIRONMENTAL LAW);

Check Cashing Business.