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 17, 2025

Tree mitigation. The issue of what should constitute  mitigation for removing trees was the major issue in a public hearing for a stormwater permit and tree permit for a single house off Saw Mill River Road. Thirty three trees will have to be  removed.  While the...

Planning Board, June 9, 2025

 Yorktown Heights Fire House. Commissioners of the Yorktown Heights Fire Company unveiled plans to build a new three story fire house on the site of the current building at 1916 Commerce Street that would be demolished. They explained that the existing structure,...

Town Board, June 3, 2025

Solar Law. Although listed on the agenda for a “decision statement,” without any discussion the Board put off voting on a proposed law that would have banned large scale ground mounted solar farms in residential zones as a permitted main use.  Supervisor Lachterman...

Town Board, May 20, 2025

Accessory Dwelling Units.( See Town Board, May 6, 2025.) The Board unanimously adopted the amended law. Battery Storge/BESS. In a 4-1 the Board adopted the amended law that bans Tier 2 BESS systems. Councilwoman Siegel voted against the ban explaining that safety...

Planning Board, May 19, 2025

Par 3 Golf Course/Valley Fields (See Planning Board, March 10, 2025). The site’s operator explained that signage would limit parking to one side of the road and that the spaces would be stripped. However, as the parking area is on DOT land, it remains to be determined...