Municipal Law

Zoning Changes • Land Use Controls • Environmental Impacts

The New York zoning and land use attorneys at Huff Wilkes, LLP, work with private owners, developers, neighborhood associations and municipalities from cities to villages in Westchester, Rockland, Dutchess, Orange and Putnam Counties.

The zoning law and land use attorneys at Huff Wilkes provide thorough legal review for projects, taking them from the conceptual plans through zoning approvals, variances and permitting. The firm's attorneys have worked with housing developments, and commercial / industrial developments, and retail developments . They provide legal counsel and litigation services in the following areas:

Zoning and Land Use

• Boundary line changes
• Zoning applications, zoning appeals
• Zoning text amendments
• Special permits
• Area variances and use variances
• Subdivisions
• Planning board applications
• Building permits, building department representation
• Transferable development rights

Environmental Concerns

• Clean water act litigation
• Clean air act litigation
• Wetlands
• Water permits
• State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA) assessments
• Oil spills
• Representation before governmental agencies such as the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of Environmental Conservation and local administrative agencies

Huff Wilkes' experienced legal team is qualified to handle land use and zoning issues. Our attorneys' practice has spanned a broad range of zoning, land use and environmental law concerns. The practice regularly appears before municipal boards to obtain changes in zoning, subdivision approvals, special permits and site plan approvals for commercial and residential properties. The group has experience with the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SQRA) process and with assessing environmental impacts. 

The land use lawyers at the law firm of Huff Wilkes, LLP, provide legal counsel and litigation services to businesses, municipalities and individuals in Westchester County and Rockland County, New York. Contact Huff Wilkes to discuss your zoning and land use concern.