Legal Opinion
Pine Knolls Alliance Church v. Zoning Board of Appeals
New York Court of Appeals
Decided October 20, 2005PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Graffeo, J.
In Cornell Univ. v Bagnardi (68 NY2d 583, 589 [1986]), our task was to determine how best to balance the needs and rights of educational and religious institutions seeking to expand their facilities in residential neighborhoods against the concerns of local residents who might be harmed or inconvenienced by the proposed construction projects. We approved the special permit application process as an effective means of addressing expansion requests but we annulled the two zoning determinations under review because the zoning officials in both cases had…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cornell University v. BagnardiNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Trustees of Union College v. Members of the Schenectady City CouncilNew York Court of Appeals · 1997
- Pine Knolls Alliance Church v. Zoning Board of Appeals of the Town of MoreauAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
3Cited by15 opinions
- Westchester Day School v. Village of MamaroneckDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2006
- Committee to Protect Overlook, Inc. v. Town of Woodstock Zoning BoardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Capriola v. WrightAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
- Tabernacle of Victory Pentecostal Church v. WeissAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2012
- Albany Preparatory Charter School v. City of AlbanyNew York Supreme Court · 2005
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