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Village of Sleepy Hollow Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing Draft Village of Sleepy Hollow Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing Draft. April 2019 August 9, 2019 Proposed Revisions to the Public Hearing Draft August 9, 2019 Proposed Revisions to the Public Hearing Draft Village of Sleepy Hollow Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing Draft Sleepy Hollow, NY Prepared for: The Village of Sleepy Hollow Prepared by: The Sleepy Hollow Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee With: BFJ Planning 115 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10003 August 9, 2019 April 2019 Proposed Revisions to the Public Hearing Draft August 9, 2019 Proposed Revisions to the Public Hearing Draft Village of Sleepy Hollow Comprehensive Plan Acknowledgements Sleepy Hollow Mayor and Board of Trustees Comprehensive Plan Steering Committee Ken Wray, Mayor Rachelle Gebler, Trustee Glenn Rosenbloom, Deputy Mayor David Avrin, Environmental Advisory Committee Rachelle Gebler, Trustee Alex Chambers, resident Sam Gonzalez, Trustee Kersten Harries, Planning Board John Leavy, Trustee Laura Rey Iannarelli, business owner Denise Scaglione, Trustee Stewart Lee, parent & high school performing arts Sandra Spiro, Trustee supporter René Leon, business owner Alex MacFarlane, Zoning Board of Appeals Erica Rodriguez, resident Lisa Santo, former Planning Board member Glen Taylor, Chamber of Commerce & Phelps Memorial Hospital Luis Tenazaca, resident Anne White, Waterfront Advisory Committee Village Staff Anthony Giaccio, Village Administrator Richard Gross, General Foreman Sean McCarthy, Village Architect August 9, Anthony2019 Bueti, Chief of Police Diana Loja, Liaison to the Hispanic Community Michael Tavano, Fire Chief Engineer David Smith, Village Planning Consultant Richard D’Alessandro, Chief of EMS Paula McCarthy Tompkins, Village Clerk John Korzelius, First Assistant Fire Chief Wayne Ballard, Public Works Superintendent William F. Ryan, Second Assistant Fire Chief Matt Arone, Recreation Superintendent Planning Consultants BFJ Planning Proposed Revisions to VHBthe Public Hearing Draft Susan Favate, AICP, PP, Principal Valerie Monastra, AICP, Director of Planning Georges Jacquemart, PE, AICP, Principal Abigail Rudow, AICP, Planner Simon Kates, AICP, LEED AP, Senior Associate Urbanomics Lucia de la Mora Colunga, Urban Designer Tina Lund, AICP, Principal Lauren Rennee, AICP, Transportation Planner Peter Furst, AICP, Planner PACO Technologies, Inc. Kathryn McGuckin, Director, Environmental Division August 9, 2019 Proposed Revisions to the Public Hearing Draft Village of Sleepy Hollow Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing Draft Contents Section I: Introduction, Vision, and Planning Goals 1 Introduction 1 Public Outreach 8 Vision Statement 15 Planning Goals 16 Section II: Existing Conditions and Trends 19 Regional Context 19 Local Context 20 Planning Context 22 Demographic Trends 27 Existing Land Use, Major Development Patterns, and Zoning 42 Economic and Fiscal Overview 53 Section III: Action Areas August 9, 2019 69 Economic Resources 70 Housing 76 Land Use and Zoning 78 Connectivity 83 Parks and Open Space 90 Natural Environment Proposed Revisions to the Public Hearing Draft 96 Sustainability 100 Community Resources 103 Municipal Services 105 Governance, Communication, and Transparency 109 Section IV: Strategies and Recommendations 111 Section V: Implementation 149 August 9, 2019 Proposed Revisions to the Public Hearing Draft Village of Sleepy Hollow Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing Draft Figures Figure 1: Sleepy Hollow Comprehensive Plan Organization 5 Figure 2: Project Timeline 6 Figure 3: Regional Context 21 Figure 4: Local Context 23 Figure 5: Locations of Section 8 and Senior Housing 40 Figure 6: Land Use 44 Figure 7: Neighborhood Location Map 45 Figure 8: Downtown Commercial, Office and Mixed-Uses Map 46 Figure 9: Community Assets 47 Figure 10: Parks and Open Space 48 Figure 11: Zoning Map 51 Figure 12: Job Locations of Workers Employed in Sleepy Hollow, 2015 57 Figure 13: Commercial Corridors 72 Figure 14: Potential Zoning Changes August 9, 2019 81 Figure 15: Intersections and Corridors Identified as Challenging 85 Figure 16: Public Parking in the Inner Village 89 Figure 17: Major Roadways and Transit Routes 91 Figure 18: Pocantico River Watershed 99 Figure 19: Municipal Services 108 Figure 20: Hubs of Activities Map 115 Figure 21: Potential C-2 andProposed R-4A District RevisionsModifications to the Public Hearing Draft 121 Figure 22: Potential Intersection Improvements. Beekman Avenue and Broadway 125 Figure 23: Potential Intersection Improvements. Beekman and Cortlandt Street 125 Figure 24: Potential Intersection Improvements. Broadway and Pierson Avenue 126 Figure 25: Potential Intersection Improvements. Broadway and Pocantico Street 126 Figure 26: Potential Intersection Improvements. Cortlandt Street and College Avenue 127 Figure 27: Potential Intersection Improvements. Cortlandt Street and Depeyster Street 127 Figure 29: Potential Intersection Improvements. Washington Street and Chestnut Street 128 Figure 28: Potential Intersection Improvements. Broadway, Depeyster Street and Chestnut Street 128 Figure 30: Bicycle Desire Lines 131 Figure 31: Steep Slopes 141 Tables Table 1: Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns Enrollment, 2010-2017 29 Table 2: Three-Generation Households, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities 32 Table 3: Tenure and Occupancy of Housing Units, Sleepy Hollow, 2000-2016 37 Table 4: Owner, Renter, and Vacant Housing Status, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 2000-2016 37 Table 5: Renter Occupants per Room in the Village of Sleepy Hollow, 2016 37 Table 6: Unadjusted and Adjusted Median Gross Rent, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 1999-2016 38 Table 7: Largest Employers in Sleepy Hollow, 2018 55 Table 8: Workers Employed in Sleepy Hollow and Surrounding Areas, 2005-2015 55 Table 9: Workers Employed in Sleepy Hollow by Industry Sector, 2005-2015 56 Table 10: Annual Wages of Workers in Sleepy Hollow by Industry and Relative to Housing Costs 59 Table 11: Sleepy Hollow Commercial Listings for Sale by Type, July 2018 63 Table 12: Sleepy Hollow Commercial Listings for Lease by Type, July 2018 63 August 9, 2019 Table 13: Taxable and Exempt Property by Value, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, FY 2018-2019 65 Table 14: Taxable and Exempt Property by Value, Sleepy Hollow, FY 2018-2019 65 Table 15: Wholly and Partially Exempt Properties by Type, Sleepy Hollow, FY 2018-2019 67 Proposed Revisions to the Public Hearing Draft Village of Sleepy Hollow Comprehensive Plan Public Hearing Draft Charts Chart 1: Sleepy Hollow Population, 1950-2016 28 Chart 2: Relative Population Change, 2000-2016 28 Chart 3: Sleepy Hollow Distribution of Population by Age Cohort 2016 28 Chart 4: Median Age, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 2000-2016 29 Chart 5: Hispanic or Latino Population by Country of Origin, 2016 29 Chart 6: Educational Attainment of Population 25 Years or Older, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 2016 31 Chart 7: Educational Attainment of Population 25 Years or Older, Sleepy Hollow, 2000-2016 31 Chart 8: Average Household Size, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 2016 31 Chart 9: Distribution of Households by Type, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 2016 33 Chart 10: Median Household Income, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 1999-2016 (Unadjusted for Inflation) 33 Chart 11: Median Household Income by Housing Tenure, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 2006 and 2010 33 Chart 12: Median Household Income by Race andAugust Ethnicity 9,, Sleepy 2019 Hollow, 2010-2016 (not adjusted for inflation) 34 Chart 13: Distribution of Annual Household Income, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 2016 (not adjusted for inflation). 35 Chart 14: Units in Structure, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 2016 35 Chart 15: Share of Housing Units by Year Built, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 2016 35 Chart 16: Median Home Value, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities, 2016 39 Chart 17: Share of HouseholdsProposed Spending >30% Revisions of Income to on Housingthe Public by Tenure, Hearing Sleepy Hollow Draft and Nearby Communities, 2016 39 Chart 18: Housing + Transporation Costs Share of Total Household Income for Typical Household, Sleepy Hollow and Nearby Communities 39 Chart 19: Sleepy Hollow Businesses by Industry Sector, 2018 53 Chart 20: Race of Local Job Holders, Sleepy Hollow, 2015 57 Chart 21: Job by Worker Ethnicity of Local Job Holders, Sleepy Hollow, 2015 59 Chart 22: Percentage of Local Job Holders by Age Cohort, 2002-2015 59 Chart 23: Ethnicity of Employed Residents, Sleepy Hollow, 2015 61 Chart 24: Percentage of Employed Residents by Age Cohort, Sleepy Hollow, 2002-2015 61 Chart 25: Inflow/Outflow Diagram of Sleepy Hollow Residents and Workers 61 Chart 26: Business Sales Gap by Retail Sub-Sector ($000s), Sleepy Hollow, 2018 63 August 9, 2019 Proposed Revisions to the Public Hearing Draft Introduction, Vision, and Planning Goals I SECTION I: INTRODUCTION, VISION, AND PLANNING GOALS INTRODUCTION As of 2019, the Village of Sleepy Hollow is at a pivotal moment in its history, with substantial changes coming at both a regional and local level, which will dramatically affect the Village’s economic and fiscal health and have the potential to attract new businesses, residents, and overall activity. The greatest challenge facing the Village will be to influence these changes to align with its vision and values, to create positive results for both current and future residents, merchants, and other stakeholders of all income levels and ethnicities. At this key point in time, the Village has embarked on an update of its Comprehensive
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