Cold Spring board approves developer's request to install a utility pole on East Belvedere Street

Apr 17, 2026

The board voted to allow a developer-funded overhead utility pole at 6 East Belvedere Street after staff said the proposed location would not impede planned water or drainage work; trustees debated undergrounding but declined to require it.

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Staff presented a developer request to install a new utility pole at 6 East Belvedere Street. A staff site visit found the proposed pole location about 15 feet from the road edge and roughly 27 feet from a painted sanitary sewer line; staff recommended the siting should not impede planned public water or drainage improvements. Chair noted that chapter 90 of the village code requires village approval for new utility poles on village property and led the policy discussion.

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