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IN THE MATTER OF MANGAN v. CIANCIULLI

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.
Jun 20, 2005
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Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, with costs.

Local zoning boards are vested with broad discretion in considering applications for variances, and judicial review of their determinations is limited to whether the action taken was illegal, arbitrary and capricious, or an abuse of discretion ( see Matter of Imhof v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Town of Islip, 13 AD3d 626; Matter of Scimone v. Humenik, 1 AD3d 370). A zoning board's determination will be upheld if it has a rational basis and is supported by substantial evidence ( see Matter of Ifrah v. Utschig, 98 NY2d 304, 308; Matter of Blattner v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Town of Mount Pleasant, N.Y., 17 AD3d 360).

Contrary to the petitioners' contention, the record demonstrates that the Yonkers Zoning Board of Appeals engaged in the requisite balancing of interests and considered the appropriate factors set forth in General City Law ยง 81-b (4) (b) in determining the variance application ( see Matter of Sasso v. Osgood, 86 NY2d 374, 384-385; Matter of CFS Realty Corp. v. Board of Zoning Appeals of Town of N. Hempstead, 7 AD3d 705). Moreover, since the determination denying the application was rational and supported by substantial evidence, the Supreme Court properly denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding ( see generally Matter of Inlet Homes Corp. v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Town of Hempstead, 2 NY3d 769; Matter of Pecoraro v. Board of Appeals of Town of Hempstead, 2 NY3d 608, 614; Matter of Ifrah v. Utschig, supra; Matter of Blattner v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Town of Mount Pleasant, supra).

Similarly, the petitioners failed to establish that the application of the zoning ordinance to their property constituted an unconstitutional taking without compensation ( see Matter of Khan v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Vil. of Irvington, 87 NY2d 344, 352; Matter of Milburn Homes v. Trotta, 7 AD3d 531; Matter of Allt v. Zoning Bd. of Appeals of Town of Hyde Park, 255 AD2d 311).