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Town Board adopts RA zoning amendment to ease setbacks in Elkin Park area
Summary
The town board adopted a local law amending RA-district dimensional rules affecting the Elkin Park area (near Palmer). The change treats attached interior units as conforming and raises lot coverage to 35%; the Westchester County Planning Board sent a no-objection letter on Nov. 10, 2025.
The Town Board on Nov. 19 adopted a local law titled 'Amendment to Certain Dimensional Requirements in the RA Zoning District' that changes setback and lot-coverage treatment for attached housing in the Elkin Park area off Palmer.
Town counsel and staff told the board the amendment addresses a recurring issue in the Elkin Park development, originally built to provide housing for returning veterans, where attached units sold off as individual apartments have created interior units that lack side yards and—under current rules—regularly require variances. The law will reclassify those interior attached units so they are no longer treated as nonconforming for side-yard setbacks and will increase allowable lot coverage to 35%, aligning RA with other residential zones.
Board members noted the change is intended to reduce administrative burdens from repeated variance requests to the zoning board while allowing routine, compliant modifications by property owners. The town also received a letter from the Westchester County Planning Board dated Nov. 10, 2025, saying it had no objection to the proposed law, which was entered into the public record.
The board closed the public hearing and adopted the local law as presented. The vote was recorded on the Nov. 19 meeting agenda and the board authorized whatever steps are necessary to finalize the enactment.
