Opn. No.

Requestor: Doris F. Ulman, Esq., Village Attorney Village of Chestnut Ridge 16 Doe Drive Suffern, N Y 10901

Written by: Siobhan S. Crary, Assistant Attorney General

You have asked whether the village planning board may refuse to hear an application when (1) the applicant has been cited by the building inspector for an existing violation on the property that is the subject of the application; (2) the property is in violation of a previously approved site plan and the new application for a revised site plan does not correct the problem; or (3) there is a violation on a second piece of property…