Lopes v. Fire Board of Appeals

This is a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78. Petitioners, owners of an office building and lot situated at 82 Maple Avenue, New City, Town of Clarkstown, seek judgment annulling a determination of respondent Fire Board of Appeals of the Town of Clarkstown (hereinafter *251the Board) which, after a hearing, affirmed a decision of respondent Robert H. Bowman (hereinafter Bowman) to deny petitioners a certificate of occupancy for failure to have installed an "early warning fire detection system” connected to the Rockland County Fire Control Center "44-Control.”

The underlying facts are…