The Town of Southampton recently held several public hearings to consider a local law requiring an updated certificate of occupancy prior to all property transfers. Specifically, the local law proposed amending Town Code §123-16, Certificate of Occupancy, to state that “upon any change in ownership of a property, an updated certificate of occupancy shall be obtained.” After consideration at several
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Municipal Moratoriums, The Suffolk County Planning Commission and The Sag Harbor and Patchogue Experience
In recent months, the Village of Sag Harbor and the Village of Patchogue enacted moratoriums aimed at halting large-scale residential development, and in Patchogue’s case, including multi-family residential development. Both Villages learned that enacting moratoriums is not only subject to referral to the Suffolk County Planning Commission (“SCPC”) pursuant to General Municipal Law § 239-m but also, moratoriums can be
Long Island Towns and Villages Move to Regulate Bamboo
There is a movement afoot among Long Island municipalities to regulate or, in some cases, ban the planting, growing or cultivation of bamboo within their communities. To some, bamboo is an exotic evergreen plant that creates an attractive and effective privacy screen. To others, however, it is an aggressive, invasive plant that causes ecological harm and significant damage to property,
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