Greenburgh board approves home‑rule request to allow solar canopies on parkland parking lots

The Town of Greenburgh Town Board approved a resolution authorizing a home‑rule request to the New York State Legislature that would amend state law to allow installation of solar canopies above existing parking lots on town parkland. The resolution specifies that such installations must not inhibit or reduce parkland recreational functions and seeks an exemption from parkland alienation procedures for the related permitting pathway.

The resolution (identified in the meeting as Town Board TB‑1) was introduced by the chair, moved and seconded, and approved by voice vote with an affirmative response recorded as “Aye.” The approval sends a request to the state legislature to consider a statutory amendment enabling the installations.

The board’s language confines installations to existing parking lots and includes an explicit statement that recreational function not be reduced. The resolution also requests legislative authority to exempt related parkland alienation processes, which would otherwise limit certain uses of parkland without a formal alienation procedure.

Approval of the home‑rule request is a procedural local step; any change that would permit solar canopies over parkland parking lots would require action by the New York State Legislature before local implementation could proceed. The meeting transcript records the board’s approval but does not include further project details such as expected vendors, cost estimates, or timelines.