by susansiegel4yorktown | Jul 2, 2025
Navajo Fields (aka Hidden Valleys). (See Town Board June 10, 2025,) After 3.5 hours, the Town Board closed the hearing on including the 50 acre Navajo Fields parcel into the Lake Osceola Overlay District. But, it left open a 28 day written comment period. (The...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Jul 1, 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...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Jun 11, 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...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Feb 5, 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...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Jan 22, 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...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Jan 16, 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...
