This page lists meetings where a speaker used any of these words: zoning, rezoning, variance, use variance, area variance, special use permit, site plan, setback, zoning board, zba, comprehensive plan, subdivision. Search this topic to filter by body or year, or search the exact word only.
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- 14:49… we just got um a net debt from the green planning board. They told us there's no showstoppers here so we're going to go forward with our site plan approval a couple months hopefully. Um we're finalizing our capital financing was doing that and I remember everything we hope to have in 2027. So, we wanted to thank you and that's congratulations. Um, thank you. That was great. …
- 2:17… and just something we should have on this computer um all in one place. So that's all good. Um the next item on my uh admin report is the ZBA approved the um was it setbacks basically for the town houses for the HHA development um
- 11:26… wanted to do was just basically rep prioritize it doesn't it's not legally comp binding but placing the reordering the the provisions in subdivision C to make the first one returning it to appropriate occupancy not make and then putting destruction or demolition as the last one. So that it just sort of is a it gives a priority but it doesn't legally compel someone but um it …
- 2026-09-16Housing AuthorityHudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners 9/16/263 passages longer discussion22:28meetings but um uh on September 9th the zoning board of appeals approved uh our application. This is uh we needed uh I think five or six variances for what we've been calling the townhouse site. The six low-rise buildings on Colombia, six low-rise units we're building on uh Colombia. Um uh so the zoning board approved that uh which is great. Uh which yeah big news and that …
- 9:46So they they monitor land use and zoning very carefully in situations like this. They can challenge uh the municipality or they can even override the rules. So um fortunately we haven't seen any of that going on and uh you know it's been going through the planning process has been taking a long time because of of certain you know approval requirements. The last of which I …
- 50:24No, he said we also have some um what is it? of vigilante putting up signs that say free speech zone.
- 1:32:53… plan is already irreversible and not subject to change in scope, why is the planning board continuing a public hearing? Why is the zoning board of appeal still considering your variances? and what meaningful decision remains for either the planning board or the public. I've learned of previous meetings and forums leading up to where we are today. But I've also become …
- 14:07in various ways. Sorry, I I just do note that the first question we asked on the last round was comprehensive plan alignment and just what we asked was providing there is describing how the proposal plan responds to goals and recommendations of the comprehensive plan and then identify the most important ways in which the proposed design advances the comprehensive plan. So, I …
- 0:31I was also the stage every year in the high school musical also came from a student. They asked, "What advice" So this one actually made me think what would be came up with in thinking back to my time in high math, science and drama and music. And because kept in my comfort zone.
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- 1:56:14um Larry Victoria um as far as the site plan could someone tell him what he's going to need on a site plan don't doesn't he have to show the sidewalk and stuff like that yeah I think I think the city who tells you in a site plan section 325-35 says it very clearly what's required for a site plan okay I I'm Craig but I just want um the planning board to just kind of go over it …
- 4:26:58… cc central commercial zoning district and whereas section 35 325-35.1 b2 of the city of hudson code provides for the hpv to classify the subdivision as either minor or major pursuant to section 325-42 minor subdivisions are any that create not more than two lots and therefore this is a minor subdivision and only requires site plan approval and whereas pursuant to section h3a …
- 48:32… is the best can I ask a question why would we you said something about referring them to the zoning what would that well because it is a Zone the change here is also a zoning change right from R1 to R3 and and because my understanding from this discussion uh our Zone does not uh adequately describe or account for a scenario in which a hotel is unstaffed uh so we may refer it …
- 2:03:45i just want to get it clear what are we we are just approving that they're just amending their site plan right there's two pieces to this so there's a subdivision which requires a public hearing um and so you'd have to schedule that for next month okay and then that subdivision is um of their existing approved site plan correct okay well it's a subdivision of the property …
- 3:52:37You're subject to the, you are here for a site plan approval because you are putting up bill, what is qualifies as a building under the code, I believe, and your use and the use of the property. Otherwise you don't need to be here at all. Well, we're here because it's an expansion of our existing business to a space on the property that it's not been used before. Okay. But …
- 1:43… it will go in favor of the applicant so i have all that in notes for you so you will know what to do so yeah um suppose they don't get the variance then they can come to the planning board and you guys can agree what you want to do technically they don't meet the setback for requirement zoning uh in the zoning codes that's why they need to go to zoning and get the variance
- 7:37project um again we need those area variances that parking lot is in the R2 zoning District within the R2 zoning District it is permitted use for open off street parking areas for residents and guests I know one of the comments and this board also had a question last time about the zoning compliance of that remote parking lot um we we have proposed a lease between the project …
- 2:46:46… zoning yes and now what are you going to zoning to get some that's for them to be connected to be connected predominantly yeah because the setback well we would have to just get the standard setback Vari variance any for the 5T but then it's the the connected two so we have to subdivide before and then get the zoning to say okay now you can build but connected you have to so …
- 4:41:25… and things like that what are you can I ask you how many use changes have we done how many use changes because I when I was on the zoning board we used to do use change of use I'm surprised that that's here that's usually why things come before us for site plan approval actually um when it when it goes from
- 35:54within the cc central commercial zoning district it's a permitted use it needs site plan approval due to the change in use going from a residential to a non-residential for commercial purposes i just wanted to clarify that because i think clark said it was a residential building in a residential zoning district it is not it's a commercial zoning district right what i said was …
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- 1:52:56… Alderman Wolf is advocating strongly for, and I support as well, inclusionary zoning, lots of revisions within our zoning code in terms of setbacks and things like that that will bring down the cost of development and will help everybody from developers to first-time homebuyers to be able to build housing, hopefully to be able to build housing here that's affordable. That's …
- 3:52:37You're subject to the, you are here for a site plan approval because you are putting up bill, what is qualifies as a building under the code, I believe, and your use and the use of the property. Otherwise you don't need to be here at all. Well, we're here because it's an expansion of our existing business to a space on the property that it's not been used before. Okay. But …
- 14:49… we just got um a net debt from the green planning board. They told us there's no showstoppers here so we're going to go forward with our site plan approval a couple months hopefully. Um we're finalizing our capital financing was doing that and I remember everything we hope to have in 2027. So, we wanted to thank you and that's congratulations. Um, thank you. That was great. …
- 2:17… and just something we should have on this computer um all in one place. So that's all good. Um the next item on my uh admin report is the ZBA approved the um was it setbacks basically for the town houses for the HHA development um
- 11:26… wanted to do was just basically rep prioritize it doesn't it's not legally comp binding but placing the reordering the the provisions in subdivision C to make the first one returning it to appropriate occupancy not make and then putting destruction or demolition as the last one. So that it just sort of is a it gives a priority but it doesn't legally compel someone but um it …
- 2026-09-16Housing AuthorityHudson Housing Authority Board of Commissioners 9/16/263 passages longer discussion22:28meetings but um uh on September 9th the zoning board of appeals approved uh our application. This is uh we needed uh I think five or six variances for what we've been calling the townhouse site. The six low-rise buildings on Colombia, six low-rise units we're building on uh Colombia. Um uh so the zoning board approved that uh which is great. Uh which yeah big news and that …
- 9:46So they they monitor land use and zoning very carefully in situations like this. They can challenge uh the municipality or they can even override the rules. So um fortunately we haven't seen any of that going on and uh you know it's been going through the planning process has been taking a long time because of of certain you know approval requirements. The last of which I …
- 50:24No, he said we also have some um what is it? of vigilante putting up signs that say free speech zone.
- 1:32:53… plan is already irreversible and not subject to change in scope, why is the planning board continuing a public hearing? Why is the zoning board of appeal still considering your variances? and what meaningful decision remains for either the planning board or the public. I've learned of previous meetings and forums leading up to where we are today. But I've also become …
- 14:07in various ways. Sorry, I I just do note that the first question we asked on the last round was comprehensive plan alignment and just what we asked was providing there is describing how the proposal plan responds to goals and recommendations of the comprehensive plan and then identify the most important ways in which the proposed design advances the comprehensive plan. So, I …
- 0:31I was also the stage every year in the high school musical also came from a student. They asked, "What advice" So this one actually made me think what would be came up with in thinking back to my time in high math, science and drama and music. And because kept in my comfort zone.
- 50:14So is 402 in compliance with the site plan or is it just like is it is it in compliance with the site plan and just out of compliance with the COA because that'll I'm that has to be fixed before they even get to the historical society. So I'm asking
- 31:56… Street right now. That would be an outrageous thing to do but it could and then if the development were built based on the preliminary site plan, the lawsuit would face the problem of being moot, right? Because of the building that had been built. That's an extreme course of events.
- 2026-08-11HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 8/11/2026 Board of Education Meeting2 passages13:28Okay. So at the top, just so that everyone sees that, those are just more resources. I like to provide resources. And it's really about the accountability, what our district's comprehensive plan is. So those are all the links for more information.
- 1:05Sure. Uh there is a pending zoning board application for this project. Uh right now the project is not compliant with vote. So the board couldn't even act on this project yet. I understand the upcoming zoning board meeting was cancelled due to lack of quorum and I believe last month's meeting was as well. So, this planning board really can't act until the zoning board issue …
- 29:15… whatever they have a detail or a temporary plan or they want to, you know, that's going to something that might even been approved through site plan review through the planning board, you know, because the planning board does have
- 46:33Thank you, Margaret. Um, so the parking violation fees that we discussed briefly were the fire zone. Um, I think Dominic that and the handicap zone. Um, Dominic thought that the fire zone should be
- 2026-07-28CEDC (Columbia Economic Development Corp.)CEDC Full Board Meeting 7/28/263 passages longer discussion25:47… of support for the town of Cananan's grant application for funds to support their smart zoning initiative now that they've finished their comprehensive plan and county
- 42:48Okay. There wasn't really anything in uh we didn't make changes in planning board and zoning. So that is all as is those were not revised. Uh now I want to talk about parking violations because we did get feedback on this. So the violation excuse me not violation.
- 42:14to a project. uh and one of the results is uh somebody goes to planning or zoning and say, "Well, this this uh this use is okay and six stories is wonderful and so on and so forth." And it's it's it's a it's it's full. The notion that uh the historic district over time is going to be surrounded by highrises makes no sense. If we are so careful and specific and thoughtful about …
- 2:30… I own the contractor contracting company that's going to install it. Um, I submitted or um uploaded this afternoon uh an updated site site plan, very slight changes to what you already have. Um, also some u drawings showing you a little bit more what the carport is going to look like. Uh, I'm I don't know if you need printed copies. I have printed copies if you'd like to …
- 2026-07-21HCSD Board of EducationHudson City School District: 7/21/2026 Board of Education Meeting1 passage39:12Yeah. The planning board or the zoning board approved it. Does that do anything for the sale or we're still
- 58:59Um and two other items just to so that the Friends of Park Square in Hudson, them a a uh letter of support for a support for grants unless there's a The board would like us to do otherwise. have an application into the state for for their to support their zoning They just finished their comprehensive support for them. good deal. Thank you very much.
- 12:46… the city level of of um planning for uh legal costs. Uh we'd have estimates from [clears throat] uh planning board attorney uh and from uh zoning board uh and the historic preservation in the amount of uh and also the labor attorney for the balance of the year 15,000 70,000 75 7,500 and 11,000. Uh, in order to cover these estimates, we need to make a budget amendment of …
- 7:42that's Yeah, that's probably about three even. And this is more to the 3.3. So, it's it's not a big variance when you think about it in a five gallallon container,
- 8:31Um I think that uh it's going to be a coordination issue uh between the planning board and the zone board. So, I don't think that the planning board is going to want to take any I'm not sure that they will take any action anyway next week, but I think without the zoning board meeting, they probably did not take any action. That gets up to the chair and the members of the board …
- 2026-07-14County Health and Human Services CommitteeHealth & Human Services || Public Safety || July 14, 20262 passages1:29:25In our town, we our plan zone they have it's I think it's like 50t away from a house and they said the exact same thing. We'll put them right into the window
- 2026-07-14Planning BoardPlanning Board Workshop (proposed amendment to City Code) 7/14/267 passages longer discussion11:31… last meetings Andrew or conversation we had about the authority that the planning board has and you know I try to keep it all uh in the comprehensive plan. You know what I mean? So when I think about how I might be useful with my planned board hat on with regards to a local law, I think about the ways in which the comprehensive plan either creates permission for this kind of …
- 0:47… to identify all existing non-conforming elements of the bulk bulk zoning requirements. And number seven is notes shall be added to the site plans to reference the conditional approval from New York State Office of the OHRP, which is the historical review regarding the two items that they had in their requirements, which was A, existing and proposed windows to be submitted for …
- 4:19As to resolution 274, we needed to conduct a secret review. We've used a short form for this. If there's any questions about particular to the project for your customs here, if you have any questions, we go through. We have proposed answers to the secret form and I will read them. If anybody has any questions, concerns, just stop me as I go and we can discuss it further if we …
- 16:54so like when you when you enter the 20 mile 25 mile zone, is 26 recorded as speeding or does it have to be something higher than that? Well, I mean, an officer can pull over someone who is doing 26 miles an hour, but I imagine uh the discretion is probably going to be 30 miles or
- 5:49and then um in C3 under zoning is this conditional use permit?
- 8:28Isn't there a zoning committee? There's the zoning board of appeals. Yeah. Mhm.
- 26:43And um everyone was going to the ZBA asking to be let out of that because obviously we We don't have the kind of land that other other places have and you can't build parking everywhere. Um also we just don't want parking everywhere. We don't want to make this into one giant parking lot. So, um I think this is a good a good way to gather the money. Um So, in 2019 they did away …
- 28:06right modification to a lot subdivision.
- 1:15:44… for in all regardless anything built down there um has to follow that code and those would be the ones that they would be looking for a variance on which would be building size um lot size and you shed obstruction.
- 5:52… We received some comments. Thank you. uh late last week. Most of the comments are informational. There are still a few comments on the site plan except they are minor. Um I intend to um address most of those with notes on the plans. We'll look at the limited disturbance myself very closely. Um all the other comments are areformational or pending. The pending comments are the …
- 7:02those the same trees that were along Harry Howard along retirement zone were those different that's a different planting correct
- 30:34… but in practice you have uh stuck to that and we do that the same at the county IPA. uh you don't want to be putting the planning board or zoning board of appeals uh in a position where the applicants come in and say well your IGA approved this what's uh why aren't you uh on board and then this chart I think does uh warrant some review the matrix of one I'll get back to that …
- 1:00:58… noise regulations here. But believe it's what during the day residential it's 55. Let me get there. Yes, during the day in the residential zone um that the Washington street where all the complaints are coming from is 55 dB during the day. Um I went around various places within the city in that same zone. Um, and well, long story short, uh, Washington Street is essentially the …