New York § 7-709 - 7-709Exemption of lots shown on approved subdivision plats
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§ 7-709. 7-709Exemption of lots shown on approved subdivision plats
§ 7-709. Exemption of lots shown on approved subdivision plats. 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of this chapter or of any general, special or local law, the provisions of a zoning local law hereafter adopted, or of a change or amendment thereto, which provisions: (a) establish or increase lot areas or lot dimensions which are in excess of the areas or dimensions of the lots shown and delineated on a residential subdivision plat which has been duly approved by the planning board, or other board or officer vested with authority to approve subdivision plats, if any, of the village in which the land shown on said plat is situate, and duly filed in the office of the recording officer of the county in which the land shown on said subdivision plat is situate; or (b) establish or increase side, rear or front yard or set back requirements in excess of those applicable to lots under the provisions of the zoning ordinance or local law, if any, in force and effect at the time of the filing of said duly approved residential subdivision plat or first section thereof; shall not, for the period of time prescribed in subdivision two of this section, be applicable to or in any way affect any of the lots shown and delineated on such subdivision plat. 2. If at the time of the filing of the subdivision plat or first section thereof referred to in subdivision one of this section there was in the village: (a) both a zoning ordinance or local law and a planning board vested with authority to approve subdivision plats, then the exemption provided for in subdivision one of this section shall apply for a period of three years after the filing of the approved subdivision plat or first section thereof; or (b) a zoning ordinance or local law in effect in the village but there was no planning board in said village vested with authority to approve subdivision plats, then the exemption provided for in subdivision one of this section shall apply for a period of two years after the filing of the approved subdivision plat or first section thereof; or (c) no zoning ordinance or local law in the village but there was a planning board vested with authority to approve subdivision plats, then the exemption provided for in subdivision one of this section shall apply for a period of two years after the filing of the approved subdivision plat or first section thereof; or (d) no zoning ordinance or local law in the village and no planning board vested with authority to approve subdivision plats, then the exemption provided for in subdivision one of this section shall apply for a period of one year after the filing of the subdivision plat or first section thereof.
Source: official New York text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 7-709 ("7-709Exemption of lots shown on approved subdivision plats") is part of the New York Consolidated Laws, the codified statutory law of New York. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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