Robert Gordon seeks to split a 9.6‑acre Woodstock parcel; health tests reported to pass

Property owner Robert Gordon presented a sketch plan to the Woodstock Planning Board on June 18 to divide a 9.6‑acre parcel into two lots (approximately 7.1 and 2.4 acres). Gordon said survey work is underway and that recent site testing by the Ulster County Board of Health found both proposed lots suitable for septic systems. "We dug two test sites... and both passed," he said, describing the results as sufficient to demonstrate it is possible to place septic systems on each lot.

Gordon said the parcel includes an existing utility building and a one‑bedroom dwelling; his plan would leave that existing house and utility building on a parcel of about 2.495 acres while creating a single building lot of the remaining acreage. He said town water and three‑phase power reach the site and that easements and an amended road‑maintenance agreement will be recorded; the buyer of the new lot would receive an existing right‑of‑way to Glasco Turnpike for alternate access.

Board members asked for documentation — the health department perc tests, a draft of the amended road‑maintenance agreement, and final survey/deed language — before scheduling a public hearing. The applicant said those documents would be provided and that staff and his attorney would coordinate the filings. The board did not vote to approve the subdivision at this meeting; it requested the specified documentation and indicated it would place a resolution and public hearing on a future agenda once the materials are complete.

Gordon emphasized he intends the split to produce a single modest building site rather than a denser development, saying he did not want to see the 10‑acre parcel "cut up" into higher density lots and that the goal was to preserve the land’s character while allowing a single new house.