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Jul 22, 2026 · Trustees Build Zoning Defenses as State Pares Back Environmental...
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Consider authorizing the Village Manager to reject the bids received under Bid No. 22-2025 for Trade Labor Services - HVAC.
Resolution 178-2026, dated July 22, 2026, would reject the bids received for the HVAC portion of Bid No. 22-2025 for trade labor services. Six bids were submitted by the January 22, 2026 deadline across categories including general construction, plumbing, HVAC, masonry, and roofing, with three vendors bidding on HVAC. The resolution states the scope of work has changed since the bid was drafted, necessitating a new bid.
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Continued Review of Special Permit Schedule (Attachment D) in the Village Zoning Code and Potential Changes.
Revised Schedule of Uses (zoning Attachment B) showing permitted principal, special permit, and accessory uses in each zoning district, with proposed redline changes. Adult Use Cannabis Retail Dispensary is added as a special permit use in the C-1 Central Commercial and C-2 General Commercial districts, and several renumbered entries reflect uses such as day-care centers being struck from the special permit columns.
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A second version of the revised Schedule of Uses (zoning Attachment B) with further redline edits reflecting the proposed special permit changes. Social clubs or nonprofit organizations and day-care centers move to permitted principal uses in the C-1 Central Commercial district, a new "animal-related uses, general" category is added as a permitted use in the C-1R(A) Riverside Commercial and C-2 General Commercial districts, and Adult Use Cannabis Retail Dispensary appears as a special permit use in the C-1 and C-2 districts.
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Special Permit Schedule (Attachment D of the zoning code) annotated with 2025 Board comments, listing every use that requires a special permit by zoning district and whether the Planning Board or Zoning Board of Appeals has jurisdiction. A color key marks each use as orange for special permit requirements to be reviewed legislatively by the Village Board, green for uses that will continue to require a special permit, or blue for uses where the code would be amended to require only site plan approval instead of a special permit.
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Memo from planning consultant Valerie Monastra, dated July 17, 2026, with a draft local law amending Chapter 230 zoning to carry out the Village Board's February 2026 decision to convert several special permit uses to permitted uses, including day-care centers in the Limited Office district, social clubs and day-care centers in the Central Commercial and Riverside districts, retail stores, social clubs, animal hospitals, and day-care centers in the General Commercial district, and occasional retail sales in Light Industrial. The memo also proposes replacing the term animal hospital with a new "animal-related uses, general" category that excludes intensive uses like kennels, and includes a revised use table adding adult-use cannabis dispensary as its own special permit use.
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Discussion on increasing the income limits for Rent-Regulated Property Occupied by Certain Senior Citizens or Persons with Disabilities.
Review of Proposed Cannabis Zoning Regulations.
Memo from planning consultant Valerie Monastra, dated July 17, 2026, transmitting proposed zoning regulations for adult-use cannabis retail dispensaries, which would require a Special Permit and be allowed in the same districts as typical retail. The memo summarizes state MRTA limits on municipal regulation, including buffer rules near houses of worship, schools, and public youth facilities, and notes the Village cannot limit the number of dispensaries or restrict locations to effectively prohibit them. The attached draft local law would bar visible cannabis products from public vantage points, require odor-controlling ventilation, prohibit on-site consumption, and limit operating hours to 9:30 a.m. through 9 p.m.
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Local Law Introductory No. 9 of 2026 would add a Cannabis Moratorium article to Chapter 99 of the Village Code, suspending for six months the acceptance, processing, and approval of land use applications for cannabis dispensaries while the Board of Trustees develops zoning regulations covering hours, parking, traffic, odor, noise, and distance requirements. The moratorium can be extended by up to four additional months and does not apply to projects already under construction, projects with final approvals, or transfers of ownership of an existing cannabis business. It includes a hardship variance process with a $500 application fee per parcel, and penalties including fines of $500 to $2,000 for individuals, $2,000 to $5,000 for corporations, and civil penalties of $1,000 per day.
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Resolution 119-2026, dated June 17, 2026, adopts Local Law Introductory No. 9 of 2026 amending Chapter 99 of the Village Code to establish a temporary moratorium on cannabis dispensaries, which upon adoption becomes Local Law No. 8 of 2026. The resolution recites that a public hearing was opened and closed on June 17, 2026 and that the Board determined the adoption is a Type II action under SEQRA requiring no environmental review.
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Review of Proposed Changes to Village Code related to State Environmental Quality Review (SEQR) Reform.
Memo from planning consultant Valerie Monastra of Nelson Pope Voorhis, dated July 17, 2026, explaining that the 2026-2027 enacted state budget amended SEQRA to exempt certain housing construction from environmental review, including projects connected to existing water and sewer, on previously disturbed sites, and up to 100 dwelling units outside New York City (300 in Census-defined urban areas). Because the exemptions do not override local zoning authority, the memo recommends Village Code amendments so boards can continue reviewing impacts on the environment, traffic, and community services, and attaches a table matching SEQR review criteria to existing code sections with suggested updates.
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