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Knollwood Real Est. v. Planning Board

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 4, 1986
122 A.D.2d 779 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

Opinion

August 4, 1986

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Burchell, J.).


Appeal dismissed, without costs or disbursements.

The functions of a village planning board are, in the final analysis, subject to the approval of the village board of trustees (Village Law § 7-720). At no point did the Board of Trustees of the Village of Elmsford authorize the appellant to dismiss the Village Attorney, appoint its own attorney and take the instant appeal. Instead of approving the appellant's actions, the Board of Trustees subsequently passed a resolution exempting the subject property from the necessity of subdivision or plat plan approval, thus rendering the instant appeal moot. Further the Board of Trustees purportedly replaced the appellant Planning Board with a planning commission. Under the circumstances, the matter is not properly before this court. We note, however, that the appellant failed to specify the reasons for its refusal to approve the petitioners' subdivision application, in contravention of Village Law § 7-728 (4); thus, in any case, the instant appeal is without merit. Gibbons, J.P., Brown, Weinstein and Kooper, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Knollwood Real Est. v. Planning Board

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 4, 1986
122 A.D.2d 779 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)
Case details for

Knollwood Real Est. v. Planning Board

Case Details

Full title:KNOLLWOOD REAL ESTATE COMPANY et al., Respondents, v. PLANNING BOARD OF…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Aug 4, 1986

Citations

122 A.D.2d 779 (N.Y. App. Div. 1986)

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