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Welcome to the Town
of Fallsburg Comprehensive Plan
& Zoning Code Revision
Webpage
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Background:
Planit Main
Street, Inc. was chosen by
the Fallsburg Town Board to prepare the
Town's new Comprehensive Plan and to evaluate
possible revisions to Town Zoning Code in
order to guide future growth. The Comprehensive
Plan was last revised in the Year 2000 and
was an update of the original 1965 Comprehensive
Plan.
Planit Main Street, Inc.
prepared a completely new Comprehensive
Plan for the Town of Fallsburg in 2006.
The new Plan was adopted by the Fallsburg
Town Board on October 10, 2006.
The Plan lays out a framework for preserving
the rural character of the Town while encouraging
reinvestment within the its hamlet centers.
The Plan also includes a strong focus on
natural resource protection including the
protection of the Neversink River through
the creation of a Linear Park to link the
Neversink Unique Area to the Catskills Park.
The Plan also includes a number of recommendations
with respect to the Town's Zoning Code.
Presently, Planit Main Street, Inc. is working
with the Town on the revision of its Zoning
Code and Zoning Map. The final
draft of the Zoning Code was completed on
March 16, 2007. The Town Board will
hold a public hearing on the Zoning Code
revisions on March 27, 2007 at the Town
of Fallsburg Town Hall in South Fallsburg,
New York.
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Chapters 1-6
Chapters 7-13
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Existing
Zoning Map
Future Land Use Map
Proposed Zoning Map
Zoning Map June 12, 2007
Revised Zoning Code Text
6/12/2007
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The Process:
The Town appointed an nine-member Comprehensive
Plan Committee to work with Planit Main Street,
Inc. in the development of the Fallsburg Comprehensive
Plan. Public workshops including a Community Character
Survey™ by Planit Main Street, Inc. were held in
March. The Fallsburg Comprehensive
Plan Committee met on the second and forth
Monday of every Month at Town Hall in South Fallsburg
during the process of completing the Comprehensive
Plan. The draft Comprehensive Plan was completed
in August. Following the public comment
period minor revisions were made to the Comprehensive
Plan and the Committee forwarded it to the Town
Board for adoption. The Final Plan was adopted
unanimously by the
Fallsburg Town Board on October 10, 2006.
What Is A Comprehensive
Plan?
- Expression of a community's goals for the
future and recommendations for achieving those
goals.
- Outline for orderly growth, providing continued
guidance for decision-making.
- Document which focuses on immediate and
long-range protection, enhancement, growth and
development
Why Is A New Comprehensive
Plan Needed?
- All land use regulations (i.e. zoning, design
guidelines, subdivision regulations) must be
in accordance with a Comprehensive Plan.
What Is The Relationship
Between The Comprehensive Plan And Zoning?
- The Comprehensive
Plan establishes the objectives that
the community wants to achieve.
- The Zoning Law
sets forth the regulations designed
to achieve the objectives of the Comprehensive
Plan.
For More Information:
If you have any questions about the process or
have issues you think should be explored in the
process of revising the Town's Zoning Code, please
(click
here) and forward your comments to us.
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