TOWN OF NEWBURGH
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that there has been introduced before the Town Board of the Town of Newburgh in the County of Orange and State of New York on March 9, 2020, a Local Law designated as Introductory Local Law No. 2 of the Year 2020 and entitled “A Local Law Amending Chapter 185 Entitled ‘Zoning’ of the Code of the Town of Newburgh to Include the Uses of ‘Nursery School for Pre-School Children’ and ‘Day Care Center’ as a Permitted Principal Use Subject to Site Plan Review in the B Zoning District.”
The purposes and effects of the Local Law are to permit nursery schools for pre-school children registered with the New York State Department of Education and Day Care Centers licensed by the New York State Office of Children and Family Services as principal uses in the Business (B) District subject to site plan review by the Planning Board. The Local Law will also allow accessory signs with the new uses in the B District and will add a supplemental regulation requiring that nursery schools for pre-school children and day care centers in the B zoning district have areas for the discharge and pick up of passengers from private vehicles on-site, outside of any highway or street right of way The bulk requirements for nursery schools for pre-school children and day care centers in the B District will be as follows: lot area: 1 acre, lot width: 150 feet, lot depth: 150 feet, front yard: 50 feet, rear yard: 50 feet, 1 side yard: 40 feet, both side yards: 80 feet, lot building coverage : 20%, building height: 40 feet, lot surface coverage: 40%.
PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to Section Twenty of the Municipal Home Rule Law, a public hearing will be held on the aforesaid proposed Local Law before the Town Board of the Town of Newburgh at 7:00 o'clock p.m. on May 11, 2020 at which time all interested parties will be heard.
Due to public health and safety concerns related to COVID-19, the Town Board will NOT be conducting the public hearing in person. In accordance with the Governor’s Executive Orders 202.1 and 202.15, the May 11, 2020 Town Board public hearings will be held via videoconference and a transcript will be posted on the Town’s website at a later date. The public will have the opportunity to see and hear the public hearing live and provide comments either during the public hearing verbally or in writing by mail or email up to ten (10) days following the posting of the transcript on the Town’s website.
The public can watch the public hearing via Zoom. The Zoom app must first be downloaded and installed on smartphones, tablets or computers from www.zoom.us.
Zoom videoconference meeting link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86321544338?pwd=bkxDNVF3bllEU2hWek5ibmpMdEJSdz09
Telephone dial in only: +1 929 205 6099 (New York); Meeting ID: 863 2154 4338
Online meeting/public hearing materials: http://www.townofnewburgh.org/cn/meetings/
Comments may be sent by mail to the following address: Town of Newburgh Town Clerk, 1496 Route 300, Newburgh, NY 12550, or preferably by email to townclerk@townofnewburgh.org. Comments must be received no later than ten (10) days following the posting of the transcript on the Town’s website.
The Town of Newburgh provides reasonable accommodations for the disabled. Disabled individuals who need assistance in order to participate should contact the Town Clerk’s office at 564-4554. Advance notice is requested.
Newburgh, New York;
April 17, 2020
Joseph P. Pedi, Town Clerk
Town Clerk, Town of Newburgh