CHRIS KEHOE, AICP, Director of Planning and Community Development
Heather LaVarnway, CNU-A, AICP, Planner
ROSEMARY B. LASHER, Project Manager
MICHELLE ROBBINS, AICP, Assistant Planner

Main Number: 914-734-1080
Fax: 914-788-0294

 
Town Hall Office # 4
1 Heady Street
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567

VERPLANCK WATERFRONT 2015 MASTER PLAN

Zoning Board of Appeals

The Department of Planning and Community Development provides support to the Town Board in developing strategies to improve the planning process, advance the Town's sustainability goals and develop housing opportunites. We advise the the Town Board with respect to long-range planning, land development and current planning issues.   These include updates to the Comprehensive Master Plan, the Capital Improvement Program, the Open Space Report, Local Waterfront Revitalization Program (LWRP), Verplanck Waterfront Master Plan and various other studies and improvement projects that enhance and beautify the Town and advance the goals of the Master Plan. 

In addition, the Department of Planning and Community Development is responsible to assist the Planning Board in their review and approval of all subdivisions and site plans.  We also administer part of the Zoning Board of Appeals process with the Division of Code Enforcement of the Department of Technical Services.

We are also responsible for most of the grant writing in the Town including the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG), Federal Transportation Funding, the Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act, the Environmental Protection Fund, the Hudson River Valley Greenway and many other available grants.  Projects that have been completed with grant monies administered through the Department of Planning and Community Development include improvements to the Cortlandt Waterfront Park, the Hudson Highlands Gateway Park, improvements to the 8th Street and Sunset Playgrounds, new sidewalks along Route 9A, Kings Ferry Road, Broadway, and Riverview Avenue in Verplanck.

The Planning Department also provides liaison and staff support for a variety of volunteer Committees and Councils including the Architectural Advisory Board, the Conservation Advisory Council, and the Historic Resources Advisory Council (HRAC).

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