Actions Requiring Notification

Table II - Notification Only

This table is provided for convenience. The actual language of statutes involved must be checked to determine which actions to refer. Use the Notification Only Submission Form when submitting actions that only require notification to the planning board.

Type of Planning or Zoning ActionLocational Trigger for Referral
 Site Plan**

Proposing less than 5,000 square feet of new or renovated floor area or less than 10,000 square feet of land disturbance.


(Exception - actions that have been given a Positive Declaration pursuant to SEQR must be referred as complete application)

 

** Additional requirement of NYS General Municipal Law: notice to be provided 30 days prior to agency action.

Affecting property within 500 feet of:

  • The boundary of a city, town or village;
  • The boundary of an existing or proposed state or county park or any other state/county recreation area; 
  • The right-of-way of an existing or proposed state or county road; 
  • An existing or proposed county drainage channel line;
  • The boundary of state-or county-owned land on which a public building/institution is located; 
  • The boundary of a farm located in an agricultural district
 Special Use Permit/Use Variance

Changing use classification of property and proposing less than 5,000 square feet of new or renovated floor area or less than 10,000 square feet of land disturbance.


(Exception - actions that have been given a Positive Declaration pursuant to SEQR must be referred as complete application)

 Affecting land anywhere in municipality
 Zoning Variance
  • Decreasing front yard setback
  • Decreasing minimum street frontage
  • Decreasing average width
 Affecting property abutting state or county road or park.