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Council designates lead agency, refers Envision Mount Vernon comprehensive plan for review and schedules public hearing

5966418 · September 25, 2025
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Summary

The City Council voted Sept. 24 to designate itself lead agency for the environmental review of the draft Envision Mount Vernon comprehensive plan, referred the draft to city counsel, the planning board and Westchester County, and scheduled a public hearing.

The Mount Vernon City Council voted on Sept. 24 to designate itself lead agency for the environmental review of the draft Envision Mount Vernon comprehensive plan, and referred the document to city corporation counsel, the city planning board and the Westchester County planning board. The council also scheduled a public hearing on the draft plan.

Why it matters: The comprehensive plan is a guiding document intended to steer the city's development and zoning rewrite over the next decade. The referral and lead-agency designation start the formal environmental-review and public-comment period that will inform a later rewrite of the zoning ordinance.

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