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Rhinebeck board adopts local law to rezone parcel for workforce housing
Summary
On June 9 the Rhinebeck Town Board adopted a local law rezoning a parcel between Astor Drive and Rhine Cliff Road to allow an affordable workforce housing development; the vote was unanimous. The law makes formatting edits and amends the zoning-matrix entry; the project still requires planning-board review and building permits.
RHINEBECK, N.Y. — The Rhinebeck Town Board on June 9 adopted a local law to rezone a parcel between Astor Drive and Rhine Cliff Road (State Route 85) to allow an affordable workforce housing development, voting unanimously.
The local law, described at the meeting as an amendment to the town zoning map pursuant to Chapter 25, Article 5, Section 25-64.4, applies to tax parcel 6170-00-223336-0000 and places the property in the town’s Workforce Housing (WH) district to permit the proposed affordable workforce housing development.
Town staff and board members said the newest draft contains only non‑substantive formatting changes from the version discussed at the prior meeting. “There were some changes to the local law … Not substantive changes, format changes,” said Warren (staff member), who explained the edits included splitting one paragraph into two and adding a section that amends the zoning-code matrix to reflect how the workforce-housing provisions read in the code.
Board members conducted a roll-call vote and recorded affirmatives from Dana Colleen Peterson, Chad Klitsch, Chauncey Walker and Alan Shear. The motion passed unanimously.
Adoption of the local law starts a multi-step process, not an immediate building approval. The board and staff said the zoning change will next go to the town planning board for review under directives included in the local law; planning-board action and any waivers identified there will determine whether and when a building permit can be issued. Board members said they expect the planning-board review to move quickly and noted the project timeline presented at the meeting: anticipated closing around Thanksgiving with construction expected to take about 20 months.
Board members and presenters thanked the project team and town staff who worked on the law and concept plan. At the meeting the board emphasized that adoption of the local law does not replace planning-board review or other required permits.
Next steps listed by board members at the meeting: referral to the planning board, planning-board review pursuant to the adopted local-law requirements, and then potential issuance of a building permit if the project meets applicable approvals.
The board did not discuss funding sources or final project details at the June 9 meeting; those items will be considered during subsequent planning-board site-review steps.
