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Zoning Revisions Committee

Adopted in April 2010, the Ancram Comprehensive Plan guides the town’s decisions about future development and is the basis for the Town’s zoning, subdivision, and other land use laws.

Transforming the Comprehensive Plan from concept into reality required many actions. One major action was revising the town’s zoning ordinance to coincide with the vision, goals, and strategies of the Comp Plan. Enacted in 1972, the current zoning ordinance had served adequately for many years, but no longer contained sufficient guidance about priorities, standards, and procedures, nor did it consistently reflect changes in New York State law.

Accordingly, on February 19, 2010, the Town Board appointed a Zoning Revisions Committee (ZRC) to bring the Town’s zoning and subdivision laws into alignment with the Comprehensive Plan and to identify all town laws pertaining to land use and consolidate them in a single land use laws document. The committee consisted of twelve members with varied backgrounds, expertise, and interests. Nan Stolzenburg, AICP CEP, of Community Planning and Environmental Associates, served as consultant to the committee. John Lyons of Grant & Lyons, LLP, was legal counsel.

The ZRC normally met every Monday at 7:00 p.m. in the Ancram Town Hall to review and revise the 1972 Zoning Ordinance section by section and, as appropriate, submitted several sections together as one package of amendments for Town Board action. Town Board review included consideration of comments from the Ancram Planning Board, Zoning Board of Appeals, and Conservation Advisory Council; from the Columbia County Planning Board; and from a public hearing for community members.

The Town Board adopted five packages of zoning amendments. The first package was adopted on July 21, 2011; the second package on October 20, 2011; the third on September 20 and October 18, 2012; the fourth on February 21, 2013; and the fifth package on June 19, 2014.

After all sections had been revised and adopted as individual amendments to the 1972 ordinance, the complete compendium of revisions was reconfigured as a single, coherent Local Law #2 of 2014, which was adopted on November 20, 2014.

From 2014-2019, the ZRC convened only as necessary to consider adjustments to the Zoning Law.  In October 2019, ZRC members appointed by the Town Board resumed regular deliberations to consider potential amendments to the 2014 Zoning Law, to implement land use guidance in the 2019 Comprehensive Plan, and to offer recommendations to the Town Board.  Ms. Stolzenburg and Mr. Lyons continue to serve as consultant and legal counsel respectively.

The ZRC normally convenes every Monday at 7:00 p.m. at the Ancram Town Hall.  Responding to NYS Covid-19 guidance, the ZRC has met via Zoom since April 2020.  Whether meeting face-to-face or electronically, all ZRC meetings are open to the public and the committee routinely includes participants from the community in its discussion.  Believing that agreement among committee members will aid agreement among community members, the ZRC usually reaches decisions by consensus.  To obtain minutes of past meetings, agendas for upcoming meetings, or access links to Zoom, please email carolfalcetti@gmail.com

ZRC Members:

  • Carol Falcetti, Chair
  • Norman Anton
  • Bonnie Hundt
  • Jim Miller
  • Steve Olyha
  • Erin Robertson 
  • Dennis Sigler
  • Kim Tripp
  • Susan Wohleking

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Zoning Pages

  • Zoning Board of Appeals
  • Zoning Revisions Committee (ZRC)
  • Zoning Revisions / Ammendments

Documents

Zonig Law - Local Law #6 of 2023 adopted December 21, 2023

Zoning Law - Amended August 18, 2022 with Maps

Zoning Law MAPS

See Zoning Document history on Laws Archive Page

Ridgeline/Steep Slope Identification and Protection Map

Zoning Revisions Committee Minutes Archive

ZRC Minutes / Agendas

  • Minutes, February 24, 2025
  • Minutes, February 10, 2025
  • Minutes, January 27, 2025
  • Minutes, January 13, 2025
  • Minutes, December 16, 2024
  • Minutes, December 2, 2024
  • Minutes, November 18, 2024
  • Minutes, November 4, 2024
  • Minutes, September 30, 2024
  • Minutes, September 16, 2024
  • Minutes, August 19, 2024
  • Minutes, August 5, 2024
  • Minutes, July 29, 2024
  • Minutes, July 15, 2024
  • Minutes, June 17, 2024
  • Minutes, May 20, 2024
  • Minutes, May 6, 2024
  • Minutes, January 29, 2024

Meeting notes:

  • Sept 2. Labor Day.  No meeting
  • Sept 30.  Meeting cancelled.  Lack of quorum
  • October 7. No meeting scheduled
  • October 21. No meeting scheduled

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