Special Permit Schedule with Board comments
local law
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Agenda item: Old Business — Referral from Village Board of Trustees to review Draft Local Law Introductory 2 of 2025 giving the Planning Board the authority to issue special permits
Local law, 4 pages. Attached to agenda item: “Old Business — Referral from Village Board of Trustees to review Draft Local Law Introductory 2 of 2025 giving the Planning Board the authority to issue special permits”
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Existing special permit conditions
SPECIUAL PERMITS TO PB
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230 Attachment D:1
ZONING
230 Attachment D
Village of Croton-on-Hudson
Special Permit Schedule
Please note: all information contained in the zoning schedules is designed to
supplement and summarize the information contained in the zoning text.
At all times, the zoning text prevails over the zoning schedules.
Use or Action
(requiring special permit)
Code Section
Board Jurisdiction
Board of
Trustees
Planning
Board
Zoning
Board of
Appeals
SPECIAL USE PERMITS
In Residential Zoning Districts:
Places of worship, schools, philanthropic and eleemosynary
institutions, hospitals, sanitariums, nursing and convalescent
homes, homes for the aged, libraries and arboretums
§ 230-9.1
X
Railroad and public utility rights-of-way
§ 230-9.1
X
Annual membership clubs
§ 230-9.1
X
Operation or maintenance of historic sites and buildings
§ 230-9.1
X
Funeral homes
§ 230-9.1
X
Employment of one assistant for customary home occupations
§ 230-9.1
X
Day-care centers
§ 230-9.1
X
Bed-and-breakfasts
§ 230-9.1
X
Tier 3 & Tier 4 solar energy systems (in RA-40 & RA-60 only)
§ 230-9.1
X
Tier 2 battery energy storage systems (in RA-40 & RA-60 only)
§ 230-48.2
X
Locating parking spaces or loading berths on lots divided by
district boundaries
§ 230-52
X
Locating required accessory parking facilities if the use to which
they are accessory is not permitted in such district.
§ 230-51
X
In Limited Office Districts:
Day-care centers
§ 230-15
X
In Central Commercial & Riverside Commercial/Transition Zoning Districts:
Light manufacturing, assembling, converting, altering,
finishing, cleaning or other processing of products
§ 230-16
X
Social clubs and other nonprofit organizations
§ 230-16
X
Public utility structures
§ 230-16
X
Day-care centers
§ 230-16
X
Mixed occupancy
§ 230-16
§ 230-42.1
X
Freestanding signs
§ 230-44
X
Multifamily (in Riverside Transition only)
§ 230-16.2
X
Sidewalk merchandise displays and sidewalk dining
§ 230-16
In General Commercial Zoning District:
Retail stores (except in Harmon Overlay Dist.)
§ 230-17
X
Motor vehicle service stations
§ 230-17
X
Sale of used cars or vehicle rentals at service stations
§ 230-17
X
Social clubs or other nonprofit organizations
§ 230-17
X
Storage or repair garages
§ 230-17
X
Animal hospitals
§ 230-17
X
230 Attachment D:2
Board Jurisdiction
Use or Action
(requiring special permit)
Code Section
Board of
Trustees
Planning
Board
Zoning
Board of
Appeals
Public utility structures
§ 230-17
X
Automobile sales and service agencies
§ 230-17
X
Mixed occupancy
§ 230-17
§ 230-42.1
X
Freestanding signs
§ 230-44
X
Day-care centers
§ 230-17
X
Tier 3 & Tier 4 solar energy systems
§ 230-9.1
X
Tier 2 battery energy storage systems
§ 230-48.2
X
230 Attachment D:3
CROTON-ON-HUDSON CODE
Use or Action
(requiring special permit)
Code Section
Board Jurisdiction
Board of
Trustees
Planning
Board
Zoning
Board of
Appeals
In Light Industrial Districts:
Light manufacturing, assembling, converting, altering,
finishing, cleaning or other processing of products
§ 230-18
X
Research, design and development labs
§ 230-18
X
Storage and dispensing of motor fuel and lubricants
§ 230-18
X
Hotels, inns and restaurants
§ 230-18
X
Occasional retail sales
§ 230-18
X
Utilities
§ 230-18
X
Warehousing, wholesaling, freight distribution centers and
terminals
§ 230-18
X
Use of a lot smaller than three acres (must be greater than one
acre)
§ 230-18
X
Transit Oriented Development consisting of mixed use and
multi-family (on specific properties)
§ 230-18
X
Tier 3 & Tier 4 solar energy systems
§ 230-18
X
Tier 2 battery energy storage systems
§ 230-48.2
X
Adult entertainment uses
§ 230-18
X
In Waterfront Commercial Districts:
Restaurants
§ 230-19
X
Hotels, motels, and boatels
§ 230-19
X
Retail sales outlets
§ 230-19
X
Marinas
§ 230-19
X
Small boat repair facilities
§ 230-19
X
Temporary fairgrounds
§ 230-19
X
Docks and piers
§ 230-19
X
In Parks, Recreation and Education Districts:
Public utilities
§ 230-20
X
In Waterfront Development Districts:
Restaurants
§ 230-22.D.3
X
Marinas and yacht clubs
§ 230-22.D.3
X
Ferry terminals
§ 230-22.D.3
X
Docks and piers
§ 230-22.D.3
X
Recreational boat repair facilities
§ 230-22.D.3
X
Public utilities
§ 230-22.D.3
X
Municipal facilities
§ 230-22.D.3
X
Cultural uses (performing arts theaters, temporary art, craft and
educational exhibits, band shells, museums)
§ 230-22.D.3
X
In Gateway Overlay Districts:
Farmers markets, green markets, and garden centers
§ 230-20.3
X
Mixed occupancy (all Gateway areas however limited to specific
properties in the Municipal Place and North End Gateway
Districts)
§ 230-20.3
X
Multifamily ( all Gateway areas however limited to specific
properties in the Municipal Place and North End Gateway
Districts)
§ 230-20.3
X
Single-family homes (Only on specific property in the
Municipal Place Overlay District)
§ 230-20.3
X
230 Attachment D:4
In All Districts:
Use or Action
(requiring special permit)
Code
Section
Board Jurisdiction
Board of
Trustees
Planning
Board
Zoning
Board of
Appeals
Changing one nonconforming use to another nonconforming
use
§ 230-53
X
SPECIAL PERMITS FOR DIMENSION EXCEPTIONS
Reduced setbacks in WD districts
§ 230-22I
X
Exceptions to front yard setbacks in O-2 districts
§ 230-36
X
In residential districts, exceptions to restrictions on projection
of garages and other accessory buildings
§ 230-40
X
In RC districts, exceptions to lot coverage requirements for
accessory garages
§ 230-42
X
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Antennas and towers
§ 206-3
X
Orange - Special Permit requirements to be reviewed legislatively by the Village Board.
Green - Use will continue to require a special permit
Blue – Amend code to no longer require a special permit (only site plan approval)
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