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Rules committee approves 36.2-acre Walk Hill parcel for Ag District, rejects Newburgh application after town objections
Summary
The Orange County Legislature Rules Committee split two enrollment requests to include land in Orange County Agricultural District No. 1, approving a 36.2-acre Walk Hill parcel and rejecting an application from APJ Enterprises of Newburgh LLC after the Town of Newburgh submitted a letter opposing inclusion.
The Orange County Legislature Rules Committee voted to include a 36.2-acre Walk Hill property in Orange County Agricultural District No. 1 and rejected a separate application from APJ Enterprises of Newburgh LLC after receiving a letter from the Town of Newburgh citing enforcement concerns.
Committee members first moved to split the two enrollment requests so each could be considered separately. The committee approved the Walk Hill application by voice vote after County staff described the parcel as a 36.2-acre site proposed for farm planting and research, including licensed hemp cultivation (New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets license number 36T10). The Ag and Farmland Protection Board had recommended inclusion for the Walk Hill parcel.
The committee then considered the Newburgh application, a separate parcel described in the legislative packet as 13.2 acres with multiple outbuildings.…
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