Periconi, LLC Environmental Law Blog

Abigail M. Jones, Esq. | March 7, 2012

So far in the Periconi, LLC “Fracking NY Blog Series,” we’ve outlined state, interstate, and federal regulation of high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”).  We now turn to yet another layer of potential regulation of fracking in New York State: local zoning ordinances.  Two towns – Dryden and Middlefield – which have enacted zoning [...]

Category: Fracking, Land Use Law, New York State Environmental Law | No Comments »
Tags: fracking, Marcellus Shale, New York municipal law, NYC watershed, preemption, zoning & local land use

Abigail M. Jones, Esq. | March 7, 2012

So far in the Periconi, LLC “Fracking NY Blog Series,” we’ve outlined state, interstate, and federal regulation of high volume horizontal hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”).  We now turn to yet another layer of potential regulation of fracking in New York State: local zoning ordinances.  Two towns – Dryden and Middlefield – which have enacted zoning [...]

Category: Fracking, Land Use Law, New York State Environmental Law | No Comments »
Tags: fracking, Marcellus Shale, New York municipal law, NYC watershed, preemption, zoning & local land use

Abigail M. Jones, Esq. | December 13, 2011

The Appellate Division of New York State Supreme Court, Third Department, upheld a lower court decision that it was improper for a local planning board to deny a special use permit based on “generalized community knowledge” in opposition to a development proposal, when an unchallenged expert report concluded that the proposal would not harm the [...]

Category: Land Use Law, New York State Environmental Law | No Comments »
Tags: land use, New York municipal law, property, SEQRA