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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

In the Matter of Angelo Pellillo, Respondent, v. Joseph F. Fiore, as Clerk of the Town of Harrison, Appellant.
   In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, the :Clerk of the Town of Harrison appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester -County, dated August 22, 1968, which ordered him to issue a certificate of approval of a subdivision plat to petitioner in accordance with subdivision 4 of section 276 of the Town Law, based on the failure of the Planning Board of said town to take action on petitioner’s plat within the -time limitation of said section. Judgment reversed, on the law, with $10 costs and disbursements, and petition dismissed on the merits. Petitioner filed a plat which he entitled Preliminary of Site Map ”, When the Planning 'Board failed to take action within the time limitation of subdivision 4 of section 276 of the Town Law, petitioner brought this proceeding to compel the issuance of a certificate of approval pursuant thereto. The Special Term granted the relief requested by the petition. We are of the opinion that ¡the judgment was erroneous because the plat as filed was not in final form and, accordingly, subdivision 4 of section 276 is not applicable. Furthermore, since the Planning Board has never been empowered to consider preliminary plats, subdivision 3 of section 276 of the Town Law is inapplicable. Beldoek, P. J., Brennan, Benjamin, Munder and Martuscello, JJ., concur.