Town planner outlines multi-step zoning code rewrite to implement comprehensive plan

Dec 18, 2025

Town planner Valerie Monostra presented a first round of zoning text amendments meant to implement the 2022 comprehensive plan, including clarified definitions, a consolidated use table, modest updates to performance standards, and new public-review steps (SEQRA, GML referrals, and public hearings).

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Valerie Monostra, the town planner, told the Ossining board on Dec. 16 that the board is beginning “round one” of zoning text amendments intended to implement recommendations of the town’s 2022 comprehensive plan. Monostra said the package focuses on clarifying definitions, creating a single use table to show permitted and special-permit uses, and reorganizing the zoning chapter to make it easier for residents and applicants to understand what is allowed.

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