Planning Board, June 30,2025

Toll Brothers. (See Planning Board May 6, 2025 and Town Board June 17, 2025.) Two issues were raised during the Public Information Hearing: sewers and the future adaptive reuse of the Field Home.  Regarding sewers, there was a discussion about how the town will be...

Town Board, June 10, 2025

Proposed Shrub Oak Overlay District. In an item not on the agenda, Supervisor Lachterman announced that plans to create an overlay district for Shrub Oak  in order to facilitate the development of a 150 unit housing development at Barger Street and Route 6  has been...

Town Board, February 4, 2025

Battery Storage Facilities (BESS).The Board referred out for comment a draft law that would allow only small scale battery storage facilities: up to a maximum capacity of 80 kWh with limits in 1 and 2 family houses to 40 kWh if the unit was in a utility closet or...

Town Board, January 21, 2025

Solar Law. The Board discussed the pros and cons  of six options for amending the current law as it relates to large scale (aka industrial) solar farms: Banning them from all residential districts (allowed in current law) Banning them from commercial districts (not...

Town Board, January 14, 2025

Navajo Fields (aka Hidden Valleys): In a continuation of the December 10, 2024 meeting, most of the discussion focused on the extent of potential new development in the East Main Street corridor and the proposed sewer line along East Main Street. Regarding sewers, the...

Town Board, December 17, 2024

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...