Albany Area Builders Association v. Guilderland

74 N.Y.2d 372, 547 N.Y.S.2d 627, 546 N.E.2d 920 (1989)

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Albany Area Builders Association v. Guilderland

New York Court of Appeals
74 N.Y.2d 372, 547 N.Y.S.2d 627, 546 N.E.2d 920 (1989)

  • Written by Tanya Munson, JD

Facts

The Town Board (the board) of the Town of Guilderland (the town) (defendant) adopted a local law, the Transportation Impact Fee Law (TIFL), that required building-permit applicants who sought to make a change in land use that would generate additional traffic to pay a transportation impact fee when the permit was issued. Albany Area Builders Association (the builders’ association) (plaintiff) challenged the town’s authority to enact TIFL. The builders’ association argued that the town did not have the constitutional or statutory authority to enact TIFL, the impact fees were not permissible land-use regulations, and that TIFL was inconsistent with state laws. The builders’ association claimed that because the state legislature had adopted the Town Law and Highway Law that regulated the field of highway funding, it preempted local legislation on the subject. The Town Law and Highway Law regulated how roadway improvements were budgeted, how improvements were financed, and how money for improvements was to be expended. The town argued that TIFL was a permissible land-use regulation authorized by the Municipal Home Rule Law. The appellate division declared TIFL invalid and concluded that the town did not have the statutory authority to enact TIFL and that TIFL was preempted by general laws regulating the funding of roadway improvements. Leave to appeal was granted.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Kaye, J.)

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