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<br />Zoning Bulletin <br /> <br />Ordinance-Board refuses to hear variance request <br />based on ordinance regulating signs <br /> <br />Ordinance designed to eliminate most billboards only allowed <br />extension for existing signs, not variance <br /> <br />Citation: Kodogiannis v. Zoning Ed. of Appeals of Town of Malta, 2007 <br />WL 2001691 (N. Y. App. Div. 3d Dep't 2007) <br /> <br />:N""EW YORK (07117/07)--Kodogiannis owned a business in the town <br />of Malta. In 2001, the town adopted a law that eliminated roadside <br />billboards except in certain approved areas. All existing signs were to <br />be removed wit..hin three years from the adoption of the law, but, be- <br />yond that, the law also granted the opportUnity for existing sign own- <br />ers to apply to the town board for a three-year extension. <br />The law applied to a sign 'at Kodogiannis' business, and, in 2005, the <br />tOwn told her that she had to remove the sign. Instead of seeking an ex- <br />tension from the town board, Kodogiannis applied to the zoning board <br />of appeals fora use variance to allow her to keep the sign. After two <br />meetings, the zoning board denied the variance on the ground that the <br /> <br /> <br />_." ....- -'=:_--_-..,~:'-~.7:' :.~-.-.:>~~. <br /> <br /> <br />C~!~f~~~~~~T~!~!i'ff <br /> <br /> <br />'t$",s.tbject!'r.lijitterC0Vl;red;r.o""ever, this pulDlicatfoi:l was lilotlilec;essaCily:pr.ep"""d by ",ers9ms <br />lid:msedto pradiiceiawJJ;l a partiCl!llarjUlrisdictioi:l. 'Vine pcihllTslneris mot er.lga@",irii1lrecigerin~legal <br />of otmerpr0messiomal ad,,;ce amcl tlnis pUlbHcatiomis mot a s.,;bstiil'ute Tor the~aavice of an .sttomey. <br />lif YOIJ "eqlllij;eleg"i or Glthler .expert ad"ice,YGlu sr.oClld seek the serv.icesofacornnpetemt attorrley <br />or otr.erprc,;fiessiorlal. . <br /> <br />Zoning Bufli=tinTs p.,;blished and.copyri@htedbythlomsonlWest,6l8-0pperma6 Drive, P:b.Box'64526 <br />St. PaClI, MN 551'64"8526. For sulosuiptiom inf.ormation: call (B88) 229-2084, or write West, Crediit <br />Order Processing, 628'Ol"permam Dr.iv.e, PO Box 64833, St. Patit, MN 55-164:9753. <br /> <br />POSTMA5:rER: Send addcess changes to, Zoning Bulletir.l, 610 Oppenmam Drive, P.O. Box 64526 5t. <br />Paul, MN 55164-0526. <br /> <br />THOMSON <br />* <br />\NEST <br /> <br />610 Opperman Drive. P.O. Box 64526' St. Paul, MN 55164-0526 <br />1-800-229-2084' email: west.customerservice@thomson.com.west.thomson.com/quinlan <br />IS5N 0514-7905 . @ 2007 ThomsonIWest. All Rights Reserved. Quinlan™ is a ThomsonlWest brand. <br /> <br />2 <br /> <br />126 <br />