A New York State Designated "Quality Community"

2011 Revision, Schodack's Comprehensive Plan

Info about Rensselaer County Multi-Juridiction Natural Hazard Mitigation planning.

Stormwater Management Info

Planning Board and Zoning Board of Appeals 2012 Schedules:

Planning Board Agenda and Minutes
21 May: Draft Agenda
      Public Hrg Notices

Planning Board Members

2012 Planning Board Minutes
9 Jan     23 Jan     6 Feb     5 Mar     19 Mar    

2011 Planning Board Minutes
Jan 10     Feb 7     Mar 7     Apr 4     May 2     May 16     Jun 6     Jun 20     Jul 18     Aug 15     Oct 3     Oct 17     Nov 18     Nov 21     Dec 5     Dec 19

2009 - 2010 Archived Minutes

To be eligible for the Planning Board agenda, all paperwork, maps and fees are to be submitted 10 days prior to a scheduled Planning Board meeting.

Rensselaer County Multi-Jurisdictional Hazard Mitigation Planning project
County notices and information

2011 Planning and Zoning Fees (as an MS Word document)

Land Use is regulated in Schodack according to the Zoning Law which was originally enacted June 1971.

Zoning and subdivisions are administered by the Director of Planning & Zoning. Copies of the Zoning Law, Zoning map and Subdivision of Land and Design and Construction Standards can be purchased at the Town Clerk's Office.

Tax Maps for the Town of Schodack are available on-line. Take note that these .pdf files are very large.

The Planning Board acts within the limits of the Zoning Law, determining whether an application (for development, auxiliary building, commercial conversion or any other proposal) conforms to the Zoning Law. The Planning Board consists of seven members and holds regular meetings on the first and third Mondays of most months at 7 p.m. (except holidays).

Details of Schodack's laws can be found at E-Code. Details of Schodack's Zoning are available from CHAPTER 219 - ZONING
The following are a selection of guides on the various zoning districts within Chapter 219 (You can return to this page by using your "back" button or arrow).

• RA-Residential/Agricultural & R40-Residential
  
• R20-Residential, RMF-Multifamily Residential, PW-Planned Waterfront & LB-Local Business2
  
• HC - Highway Commercial, HC2, MC
  
• M - Manufacturing
  
• PD1 & PD3 - Planned Development
  
• PD-4 Planned Development
  

The following documents proivide the "Schedules of Area and Bulk (requirements)" which are part of Schodack's zoning law:

• 219g Sched. of Area and Bulk Part 1
  
• 219h Sched. of Area and Bulk Part 2
  
• 219i Sched. of Area and Bulk Part 3
  
• 219j Sched. of Area and Bulk Part 4
  
• 219k Sched. of Area and Bulk Part 5
  

The Zoning Board of Appeals hears appeals from decisions by the Code Enforcement Officer.

Planning Board Members:
Denise Mayrer, Chairman; Wayne Johnson; G. Jeffrey Haber; Paul Puccio; John LaVoie; Andrew Timmis and Jim Church.

Planning and Zoning staff:
Nadine Fuda, Director of Planning and Zoning; Robert Linville, Esq. Attorney to the Planning Board; Richard F. Laberge, P.E., Planning Board Engineer; and Melissa Knights, Planning and Zoning Secretary

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