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Council begins prioritizing zoning, inclusionary housing and infrastructure work for the year
Summary
Councilors reviewed a list of priorities including an HDLO historic overlay, inclusionary zoning, short-term rental enforcement, Hidden Brook potential rezoning, trails, sidewalk and bike planning, and the Beekman Street complete-streets project; staff and county partners will provide data and presentations.
Councilors used a workshop segment to review a prioritized work plan focused on zoning, housing affordability and infrastructure.
Mayor Kiriakou and councilors outlined a menu of items they intend to address this year: a historic district and landmark overlay (HDLO), view-shed considerations, tightening or changing short-term rental rules, revising use and dimensional tables, Hidden Brook site-related zoning and land-preservation questions, Fishkill Avenue concept work, trail links and Beekman Street complete-streets engineering, and updates to the comprehensive plan. The council asked the Dutchess County planning department and the Dutchess County Transportation Council (DCTC) to present background data to inform inclusionary zoning and sidewalk/bike master plan decisions.
Council members asked for data on the city’s rental registry and numbers of regulated units and distinguished below-market-rate (BMR) units from income-qualified “affordable” units. Staff said that while the local inclusionary rule sets a 10% BMR requirement for developments over 10 units, actual constructed projects have produced about 25% BMR units since enactment, suggesting the combination of incentives and other measures has increased production. Members tasked staff with preparing clearer definitions and numbers to guide policy choices and to plan targeted workshops and DCTC presentations.
