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Plan the Port is an economic development, community building and visioning project for the future of the Village. As we look to update the regulations that guide development and redevelopment in the Village, we want to engage with you all in a conversation about the future of Port Chester.
We invite you all to join us in this discussion about how we want Port Chester to evolve over time and what it means to have a thriving economy and great quality of life for all.
Here, you will find information on the process and you will be able to provide your input during various phases of the project. We look forward to engaging with you in a meaningful and exciting conversation about the future of Port Chester!
Plan the Port is an economic development, community building and visioning project for the future of the Village. As we look to update the regulations that guide development and redevelopment in the Village, we want to engage with you all in a conversation about the future of Port Chester.
We invite you all to join us in this discussion about how we want Port Chester to evolve over time and what it means to have a thriving economy and great quality of life for all.
Here, you will find information on the process and you will be able to provide your input during various phases of the project. We look forward to engaging with you in a meaningful and exciting conversation about the future of Port Chester!
If you have general questions about the project please ask them here and our team will get back to you as soon as possible.
Thank you so much for your question.
The approval process for the new form-based zoning is anticipated to occur as follows and involve the parties listed below for each step (note that the New York State Environmental Quality Review Act – SEQRA – dictates many of the steps):
We have several events at 6PM, including the Opening Presentation that happened last night! We have workshops at 6PM both Thursday and Friday, as well as the Closing Presentation next Wednesday March 28 at the Carver Center that is scheduled for 6PM.
Our Planning Studio is also open starting Thursday until 9PM most nights (we close early on Friday). Feel free to come visit us during the evening and chat. The Studio is at 17 North Main St.
Below if the full schedule!
Thank you so much for your comment. We will take this into consideration and please note that there will be a meeting on Transportation and Parking issues specifically during Planapalooza, between March 20th and March 28th. Hopefully you can join us for that conversation or other events. The detailed schedule will be out very soon!
Plan the Port is an online community engagement tool that is part of the Village’s form-based rezoning effort. It is managed by the Village’s Department of Planning & Economic Development and the Village’s form-based zoning consultant team (Town Planning & Urban Design Collaborative). The information collected as part of Plan the Port is only utilized to inform the rezoning effort. The Board of Trustees funded and bonded the form-based rezoning project, including Plan the Port, as part of their 2017-18 budget since the Village’s current Zoning Code has been identified as one of the largest impediments to economic development within the Village. The objective is to revise and remake the Zoning Code into a modern code that is easy to use and administer and to streamline the review process – thereby encouraging investment and redevelopment of properties and saving staff review time. The investments into the community and the ability of staff to be more efficient and be able to focus on other matters will be benefits to the community.
Thank you for your comment. The Village understands the implications of being a Village vs. a city and is currently researching options to obtain City status, which has included the establishment of a City Status Committee. One of the implications is related to sales tax, which you refer to. Unfortunately, in order to obtain City status, it takes an action of the New York State Legislature. That being said, the form-based code rezoning effort of “Plan the Port” is focused on a vision for the future of Port Chester and how the Village’s zoning can help effectuate that vision and increase economic development for the entire Village – homeowner and business owner, downtown and throughout the Village. A larger property tax base would mean more property tax revenue for the Village as the implications of the Village vs. City question only relates to sales tax.
We are just beginning the project and looking forward to engaging with all of you.
Our consulting team, Town Planning & Urban Design Collaborative, is hard at work reviewing our current regulations and analyzing what needs to be improved.
We now enter the design and planning process, let's all come together as a community and create a vision for the future.
Now that we shared our vision with the team, they will get to work on modernizing our regulations so that we can the results we want as a community.
Now we get a chance to see what all our great work as equalled to and if the modernized regulations bring us to where we want to be. Let's re-engage in the process and make sure we got it right.
All the great work is over and it's now time to put the modernize regulation into place. Let's all work together to get them approved!
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