Due to delays resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other factors, many municipalities across Long Island are experiencing significant backlogs of processing building permit applications. In some towns and villages, applicants are waiting several months to obtain a building permit. Currently, building permits can only be issued by local municipalities and their officials tasked with such duties. However,
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FROM PEEPING TOMS TO PEEPING DRONES: Help! Big Brother Government is Peeping in My Backyard
In recent years, advances in technology have not only enhanced our ability to connect with one another on a professional and social level but also, advances in technology have allowed the government, at all levels, to peep into our lives at every turn. ![th[2]](https://www.lilanduseandzoning.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/128/2016/02/th2.jpg)
Today, criminal defendants’ cases can easily rise and fall on the nature of a defendant’s Facebook or
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Couple’s Dream of a Family Winery Crushed by Zoning Board Decision
A Southold couple’s dream to build a winery and continue operating a tasting room at their Old North Road residence seems all but lost after a recent ruling of the Southold Town Zoning Board of Appeals. The Town Zoning Board denied their requests for variances that would allow the winery and tasting room to operate on the same parcel they
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