Clinton planning board hears Shore Farm site plan; open-space calculation, subdivision vs. variance remain unresolved

Natalie Quinn, project representative with KARC, told the Town of Clinton planning board that the Shore Farm proposal has advanced since a pre-submission conference in August: soil testing has been completed, stormwater and septic locations refined, a partial jurisdictional determination request was filed with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), and the applicant prepared a full site-plan and stormwater prevention plan. "We were able to kind of do all the soil testing on-site to kinda of verify the location of our stormwater management, septic, and things like that," Quinn said.

The project as presented would place three buildings with four apartments each (12 units total) on a portion of a larger, active 70-acre agricultural parcel used for hay farming. The applicant said the unit mix would include one- and three-bedroom apartments and that Dutchess County's agricultural coordinator and the town assessor are involved to address the parcel's continued participation in the county agricultural district and tax-exemption implications for the residential portion.

The meeting centered on one unresolved legal interpretation: how to calculate the zoning code's…