Legislation
Town Board, December 17, 2024
by susansiegel4yorktown | Dec 18, 2024 | Developments, Finance, Fluoridation, Fluoridation, Navajo Fields, Parks & Rec, Sewers, Solar, Toll Bros, Town Board, Water
Most of the newsworthy action happened at Courtesy of the Floor when residents raised a variety of issues and Board members responded. Navajo Fields. Three residents expressed concern about the pending developer request to extend the Lake Osceola Overlay District to...
Town Board, November 12, 2024
by susansiegel4yorktown | Nov 14, 2024 | Developments, Environment, Finance, Legislation, Navajo Fields, recycling, Solar, Town Board, Water
Solar Law. The Board discussed what possible changes could/should be made to the current law for large scale ground mounted systems, aka solar farms, before the second moratorium ends at the end of March. Much of the discussion focused on whether to continue to...
Planning Board, November 4, 2024
by susansiegel4yorktown | Nov 6, 2024 | Day Care (Crompond Rd), Developments, Envirogreen Associates, Environment, Foothill Subdivision, Jacob Road, solar, Par 3, Planning Board, Solar
Jacob Road Solar: All the speakers at the reconvened Public Informational Hearing spoke in opposition to the plan which they said did not belong in a residential neighborhood. In response to one speaker who asked if the town would profit by the project,...
Town Board, October 22, 2024
by susansiegel4yorktown | Oct 23, 2024 | Developments, Fluoridation, Fluoridation, Legislation, Miscellaneous, Parks & Rec, Pickleball, Sewers, Solar, Toll Bros, Town Board
Fluoridation. The meeting resulted in the end of fluoridation in Yorktown, at least while the current Board is in office. In a 3-1 vote, the Board adopted the local law that gives the Town Board the authority to decide, by resolution and without holding a public...
Planning Board, October 21, 2024
by susansiegel4yorktown | Oct 23, 2024 | 401 East Main, Developments, Environment, Legislation, Planning Board, Solar
Teatown: There was only one written comment during the hearing on plans for major changes and upgrades to the campus, including a new educational building for indoor and outdoor classrooms, revised parking layouts for smoother traffic flow and upgrades to the existing...
Town Board, 10/15/2024
by susansiegel4yorktown | Oct 17, 2024 | Developments, Fluoridation, Fluoridation, Miscellaneous, Parks & Rec, Toll Bros, Town Board, Water
Fluoridation. At three hours, this was the meeting’s “main event.” For background: the public hearing was on a local law that would amend the current law that requires fluoridation. The amendment would repeal that provision, and in its place, adopt new language that...
Planning Board, October 7, 2024
by susansiegel4yorktown | Oct 8, 2024 | Battery storage, Developments, Environment, Jacob Road, solar, Planning Board, RIC battery storage, Solar
Jacob Road solar farm: The Board opened a Public Informational Hearing on the application. After the applicant gave a brief overview of the project’s proposed screening from abutting properties, Randal Pratt, one of the abutting property owners, advised the Board...
Town Board, October 1, 2024
by susansiegel4yorktown | Oct 2, 2024 | Advanced Life Support (ALS), Battery Storage, Environment, Ethics, Fluoridation, Jacob Road, solar, Legislation, Miscellaneous, recycling, Solar, Town Board, Underhill Farm
Another marathon meeting. This one ended at 12:45 am. Recycling. After closing the public hearing, the Board, in a unanimous vote, adopted the local law that eliminated recycling from the Zoning Code as a permitted use in a light industrial zone. Based on the vote,...
Planning Board, September 23, 2024
by susansiegel4yorktown | Sep 24, 2024 | Developments, Legislation, Planning Board, recycling, Solar
Recycling law. The Board had a two-part discussion dealing with the proposed recycling facility: one dealing with the land use aspects of the site plan and one dealing with the proposed amendments to the Zoning Code that would repeal the provision allowing for...
Town Board, September 17, 2024
by susansiegel4yorktown | Sep 18, 2024 | Developments, Legislation, Miscellaneous, Noise, recycling, Solar, Town Board
Recycling. The Board opened a hearing on amending the Zoning Code to remove the recycling provision from the Code. (Note: In 2012, the Town Board added the provision that allowed recycling facilities in the light industrial zone as an “as of right” use. The parcel...