If an applicant is aggrieved by decision of their local zoning board, he or she may request a rehearing of the application. It is commonly thought that a zoning board can only rehear an application if there are new facts or a change of law. This assumption in not entirely correct, however, and does not
Drawing a Line in the Sand: Court Defines Southampton Trustees’ Authority To Regulate Erosion Protection Structures Along the Shoreline
In an area of shifting sands, the Suffolk County Supreme Court in Semlear, et al. v. Albert Marine Construction, Inc., delineated property rights landward of the crest of the dune, the “line of demarcation”, and the rights of the Southampton Town Trustees to regulate the placement of shoreline protection structures along the beaches of the