Starting right after the holiday period, the January 5 Planning Board meeting had a full agenda. (Note to planning board members, if you miss a meeting -- please read the minutes, view the video -- it is awkward, confusing for the applicants and takes up a lot of time -- when you ask questions that have previously been discussed in prior planning board meetings). An Adjourned Public Hearing for a Lot Line Re-aligment on Wheeler Hill was first on the agenda. A notorious b

The December 1 Town of Wappinger Planning Board meeting agenda consisted of fairly routine matters, though a discussion about what the designation of an Historic District or Greenway trail highlighted the fact that the town hasn't done anything to futher refine or update zoning codes to help preserve the elements that enabled the awarding of those designations in the first place (a period of at least 25 years). O'Donnell Subdivision - on Myers corner road - subdividing one p

Once again, the information published on the town website and the agenda had a mismatch for the Novembet 17 Planning Board Meeting - which makes it difficult to get an engaged citizenry to participate. Public Hearings: 1) No member from the public commented on the Amended Site Plan for Hudson Valley Volkswagen. This plan, which includes building out 520 square feet of the showrooom and a service drive -- and requires a variance to increase the amount of inventory parking a

Whew! the November 3 Town of Wappinger Planning Board meeting, with 3 of the 7 members absent, handled a potpourri of agenda items. First up was a Public Hearing on the request by the Citgo Station at 1336 Route 9 t o relocate the existing gas pumps and add an additional pump. The reviews leading up to this hearing have not been going well for the applicant, but they choise to go ahead with the public hearing with their plan. There were no public comments, which the applica

The September 3 Planning Board meeting began with a simple request by a home owner who owns two parcels to combine into one parcel on...

The August 18th Town of Wappinger Planning Board agenda, dated August 15 - handed out at the August 18th meeting, was different than the...

The combination of the summer doldrums and a large agenda, because there is only 1 Planning Board Meeting scheduled in July (and in...

The June 16 Town of Wappinger Planning Board meeting (BTW - why are the agendas for the planning board meetings being published at the...

The June 2 Town of Wappinger Planning Board Meeting dealt with Amended site plans. Given that many of the original site plans are...

The May 19th Town of Wappinger Planning Board Meeting offered interesting examples of the town's site plan amendment "process". With 4...

The May 5 Planning Board Meeting was fairly routine in the projects presented and discussed, however for two projects the members & staff...

The April 21 Planning Board Meeting had several items on the agenda for discussion -- but clearly the "star" of the show was the...

The April 7 Planning Board Meeting had three public hearings - 1) Bottini Fuel is proposing to install an asphalt storage pad on 33 acres...

The March 17 Town of Wappinger Planning Board meeting began with a short discussion on the application to reconfigure lot-lines in a...

The March 3 Town of Wappinger Planning Board Meeting began with a difficult discussion with the Architect working with the Iglesia...

The February 3 Planning Board agenda was packed with old and new projects, making it a lengthy meeting. Several projects came forward...

The January 6, 2025 TOW Planning Board Meeting focused on Projects in Chelsea and Hughsonville. First up was a discussion about the ...

At the Town Planning Board meeting on December 2 - the board was asked to provide guidance on next steps to a proposed subdivision of...

The November 4 Planning Board Meeting consisted of a public hearing regarding the proposed Site Plan for the Randolph School 's plan to...

The October 21 Planning Board meeting had a very light agenda, in fact the same agenda that was declared light two weeks ago, causing the...