Matter of Lynn v Planning Bd. of the Town of E. Hampton
2011 NY Slip Op 08596 [89 AD3d 1028]
November 22, 2011
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, January 4th, 2012


In the Matter of Robert P. Lynn, III, et al.,Appellants,
v
Planning Board of the Town of East Hampton,Respondent.

[*1]Lynn, Gartner & Dunne, LLP, Mineola, N.Y. (Kenneth L. Gartner of counsel), for appellants.

John C. Jilnicki, Town Attorney, East Hampton, N.Y. (Kathryn N. Santiago of counsel), forrespondent.

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to review a determination of the Planning Board ofthe Town of East Hampton dated June 17, 2009, which denied the petitioners' application to modify asubdivision plat to enlarge an accessory building envelope and permit the construction of a principaldwelling in that envelope, the petitioners appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County(Pastoressa, J.), dated March 16, 2011, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

There is no evidence in this record that the respondent's determination was illegal, arbitrary, or anabuse of discretion (see Matter of FairwayManor, Inc. v Bertinelli, 81 AD3d 821, 823 [2011]; Matter of Commercial Real Asset Mgt. Inc. v Kessler, 38 AD3d 542,543 [2007]). The petitioners failed to demonstrate a material change of circumstances since the time ofthe initial approval of the plat or submit new evidence which would warrant modification of thesubdivision plat approved in 1995 (Matter of 1066 Land Corp. v Planning Bd. of Town ofAusterlitz, 218 AD2d 887, 887 [1995]; Matter of Marx v Planning Bd. of Vil. of MillNeck, 185 AD2d 348, 349 [1992]).

The petitioners' remaining contentions are without merit.

Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.Leventhal, J.P., Hall, Austin and Miller, JJ., concur.


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