Public Notice – Local Law No. 5 Adopted on December 15, 2022

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Town Board of the Town of Tyre approved Local Law No. 5 of 2022 on December 15, 2022, which repealed Local Law #4 of 2018 that enacted a Solar Energy Law and amended the Zoning Law of the Town of Tyre to do the following:

  • Add and amend definitions
  • Add solar energy systems as specially permitted uses in the Agricultural District, High Density Residential District, Commercial District West, Commercial District East, Industrial District, and Mixed-Use District
  • Add a new section enacting regulations for solar energy systems
  • Amend the powers and duties of the Planning Board relative to special use permits
  • Amend administration provisions
  • Amend regulations dealing with the application process and application details
  • Delete the section dealing with Planning Board action on permit applications
  • Amend the specially permitted uses in the Commercial District West
  • Amend the Bulk and Use Tables to add provisions dealing with large-scale solar energy systems in the Agricultural District, High Density Residential District, Commercial District West, Commercial District East, Industrial District, and Mixed-Use District
  • Amend the Bulk and Use Table to delete bank and financial institution as a use class in the Commercial District West requiring a special use permit
  • Insert a Zoning Map

DATED: December 15, 2022

By Order of the Town Board of the Town of Tyre.

Carolyn Sosnowski, Town Clerk