Richland Acres Development Corp. v. Adirondack Park Agency

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 (transferred to this court by order of the Supreme Court, entered in Washington County) to review a determination of respondent which denied petitioner’s application for a commercial sand and gravel extraction permit.

Petitioner owns approximately 185 acres of land in the Town of Fort Ann, Washington County, and proposes to operate a commercial sand and gravel extraction operation on 116 acres of that land. Because the property is located in an area classified as a "moderate intensity use” area (see, Executive Law § 805 [3] [d] [1]) on the official…