by susansiegel4yorktown | Mar 12, 2025
A busy meeting with lots of proposed new local laws. Snow and sidewalks. To clear up two conflicting sections of the Town Code that regulate when sidewalks have to be cleared of snow, the Board referred out proposed local laws that would: 1)repeal one section of the...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Feb 26, 2025
AMS SENIOR DEVELOPMENT (800 East Main Street). In a 4-1 vote, the Board accepted as complete the applicant’s FEIS (Final Environmental Impact Statement), paving the way for the next step in the SEQRA process prior to a vote to rezone the property. (As required by...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Feb 19, 2025
Smoke shop/vape law. (See Town Board, January 14, 2025.) The Board opened and closed the hearing but delayed voting to adopt the law until its March 4th meeting as the Board decided to add “senior citizen housing developments and medical buildings” to the list of...
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 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...
by susansiegel4yorktown | Oct 9, 2024
Tax Cap: In a unanimous vote, the Board adopted a resolution indicating its intent to exceed the New York State tax cap when adopting the 2025 budget. As required by state law, there will be a public hearing on the decision on November to 19. The hearing on the 2025...
