Bond's administrative law, zoning and planning experience on behalf of municipalities includes subdivision applications and approvals, zoning legislation, variances, special permits and like matters involving towns, villages, cities and counties. Public hearings on various subjects are frequent and, from time to time, court proceedings are required. The firm represents municipalities, including municipal boards (planning and zoning boards), applicants/developers and community groups on planning and zoning issues.
On local planning and zoning issues, we represent clients in the review of applications for variances, subdivision and site plan approval, special use permits and applications for zoning changes. We also advise on all aspects of compliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and with other state and federal laws affecting local land use decisions such as the Historic Preservation Act, Wetlands Acts and the Federal Telecommunications Act. Our advice encompasses the proper use of mitigation fees and permissible project conditions. The firm also represents clients in judicial challenges to any administrative decision (typically, Article 78).
Bond's administrative law, zoning and planning experience on behalf of municipalities includes subdivision applications and approvals, zoning legislation, variances, special permits and like matters involving towns, villages, cities and counties. Public hearings on various subjects are frequent and, from time to time, court proceedings are required. The firm represents municipalities, including municipal boards (planning and zoning boards), applicants/developers and community groups on planning and zoning issues.
On local planning and zoning issues, we represent clients in the review of applications for variances, subdivision and site plan approval, special use permits and applications for zoning changes. We also advise on all aspects of compliance with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) and with other state and federal laws affecting local land use decisions such as the Historic Preservation Act, Wetlands Acts and the Federal Telecommunications Act. Our advice encompasses the proper use of mitigation fees and permissible project conditions. The firm also represents clients in judicial challenges to any administrative decision (typically, Article 78).
In addition to representation or and before municipal boards, attorneys from the firm represent clients before state and federal agencies such as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and the Army Corps of Engineers. The firm is skilled in all aspects of administrative law practice and has extensive experience in appearance in formal adjudicatory hearings before these bodies. The firm also advises municipalities on the development and implementation of plans and public works projects including landfills, and water and wastewater treatment plants. Our attorneys address all aspects of municipal infrastructure project development and review, including applications for state and federal environmental permits, establishment of improvement districts and the adoption of needed local laws such sewer use laws. The firm was recently selected by the DEC to draft a guidance document on all legal aspects of financing the new MS4 requirements for municipal storm water systems.
Attorneys from the firm have also represented municipalities and private clients in the redevelopment of contaminated property, known as "brownfields." These projects use the both the firm's experience in land use and in environmental cleanup matters. Attorneys in this area work closely with attorneys in the following practices: environmental, public finance, government relations, litigation and real estate development and construction.
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