Summary
Resident Kathy McGraw caught that the legal notices for two upcoming zoning hearings — including a "golf cottages" change that doubles the size the comp plan suggested — didn't say what was changing. The town attorney agreed to publish the full amendment text with the notices.
At a glance
- Total mentions
- 5
- Last 30 days
- 0
Last discussed Jun 16, 2026.
Impact analysis
Faster approvals could save applicants money and staff time.
Any resident who wants to know what's in proposed zoning changes before the hearings.
Residents could lose their earliest, most meaningful chance to weigh in on major projects.
Mentions & discussions (5)
Town Board - Jun 16, 2026
The town wants to collapse its three-step site plan process into one review, which critics say pushes public comment to the very end of a project. Residents want pre-submission conferences to be mandatory, recorded, and open to comment.
Town Board Work Session - May 21, 2026
The town wants to make development approvals faster: cutting site plan review from three steps to two, letting truly minor changes skip public hearings, and renaming "administrative" approvals to "expedited." Fees for subdivisions, CAC, and ZBA would be dropped from the code while planning fees go up.
Planning Board - May 21, 2026
The town is streamlining site plan review from three steps to two, adding a 'de minimis' tier so tiny changes — under 10% or 1,000 square feet — can be handled by staff instead of coming before the board. It heads to the Town Board for a public hearing within about a month.
Planning Board - Mar 19, 2026
A proposed code change would cut site plan review from three steps to two, eliminating the preliminary approval stage that sometimes expires before applicants reach final. Public hearings and environmental review stay intact.
Town Board - Jan 6, 2026
Resident Kathy McGraw caught that the legal notices for two upcoming zoning hearings — including a "golf cottages" change that doubles the size the comp plan suggested — didn't say what was changing. The town attorney agreed to publish the full amendment text with the notices.
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