Stony Point board adopts local law on oversized homes and sets hearings on development and battery-storage moratoria

Stony Point — The Stony Point Town Board adopted a local law amending Chapter 215 to tighten rules for oversized homes and bulk requirements on nonconforming lots at its June 9 meeting, and it set two public hearings for June 23 to consider moratoria on certain residential developments and on battery energy storage systems.

Town Supervisor said the local law had been "almost a year in the making" and thanked planner Max Scott and building inspector John Hager for their work on multiple drafts. The board carried a motion to adopt the law; the transcript records the motion and a second and states "motion carries," but does not record a roll-call tally in the minutes provided.

The supervisor told the board that, upon adoption, the pending moratorium on applications related to oversized houses would be lifted. The board also voted to set a public hearing on June 23 at 7 p.m. on a proposed one-year moratorium on certain residential developments while the town's comprehensive plan is reviewed and revised, and to set a separate public hearing on the same date and time for an eight-month moratorium on battery energy storage systems while a local law on those systems is drafted.

Resident Amanda Carrillo, speaking during public comment about a separate "Grassy Point" project that she said affects neighboring communities, urged Stony Point residents to participate in the project’s public-comment period, saying, "I think there's a high likelihood it will only be for 30 days," and asked the board to encourage local submissions. The supervisor confirmed the town had previously submitted a letter raising traffic-intersection concerns that may be relevant to that project.

Other business at the meeting included routine approvals: the board accepted the police overtime and sick-leave reports as submitted; approved a purchase-order request and minutes from the May 26 meeting; approved several hires including Alex Rose as Custodian One (effective July 1) and lifeguards for the town pool; and voted to enter executive session to discuss an employment-performance matter. The police chief presented May patrol statistics at the meeting (calls for service 815; 28 reported accidents; 32 arrests, including four felonies), which the board received as part of departmental reports.

The public hearings on the moratoria are scheduled for June 23 at 7 p.m.; the board did not provide detailed vote tallies during the June 9 meeting record provided here. The town has posted additional event and committee information on its website as noted during the meeting.