Council discusses allowing hotels, density changes in Fishkill Creek Development District
Staff flagged a redevelopment proposal for 555 South Avenue (an ~11-acre brownfield) and asked whether the council wants to amend Fishkill Creek District zoning to allow hotel uses and reconsider the 11-units-per-acre density limit. Council members raised concerns about scale, design/bulk rules, emergency housing needs and whether such changes should come from comprehensive-plan alignment.
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At the July 6 workshop session, city staff presented preliminary questions about whether to amend the Fishkill Creek Development (FCD) District code to permit a hotel at a redevelopment site at 555 South Avenue (the former Tyrande hat factory). Staff noted the property is enrolled in the New York State DEC Brownfield program and is preparing a redevelopment plan; allowing hotels as a permitted principal use would not pre-approve a project but would change what is permissible in the zoning code.
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