Legal Opinion
Aloya v. Planning Board of Stony Point
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 29, 1999PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Kaye.
Two questions are before us in this zoning dispute: first, whether a Town Planning Board “took action” within the meaning of the relevant statutes when it rejected petitioners’ final subdivision application and second, if so, whether such action automatically extinguished preliminary plat approval. Both questions we answer in the affirmative.
Since 1990, petitioners Gil Aloya, Sonia Aloya and Nava Gueron have sought to develop a 45-acre property in the Town of Stony Point, located in Rockland County. Hoping to subdivide the property into 27 lots and build…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Long Island Pine Barrens Society, Inc. v. Planning Board of BrookhavenNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- King v. ChmielewskiNew York Court of Appeals · 1990
- Aloya v. Planning Board of Town of Stony PointAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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