NORTH SALEM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE NORTH SALEM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Prepared by: Town of North Salem Delancey Hall, Town Hall 266 Titicus Road North Salem, New York 10560 Adopted December 20, 2011 FERRANDINO & ASSOCIATES INC. DRAFT JAN NORTH SALEM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Acknowledgments Town Board Warren Lucas, Supervisor Peter Kamenstein, Deputy Supervisor Stephen Bobolia, Councilman Mary Elizabeth Reeve, Councilwoman Amy Rosmarin, Councilwoman Comprehensive Planning Committee John White, Chair Janice Will, Secretary Martin Aronchick, Member Katherine Daniels, Member Linda Farina, Member Charlotte Harris, Member Robert Kotch, Member Michelle La Mothe, Member Drew Outhouse, Member Pam Pooley, Member Alan Towers, Member Peter Wiederhorn, Member Planning Consultant Ferrandino & Associates Inc. Planning and Development Consultants Three West Main Street, Suite 214 Elmsford, New York 10523 Vince Ferrandino, AICP, Principal-in-Charge Teresa Bergey, AICP, Senior Planner/Project Manager Kruti Bhatia, AICP, Planner Evan Smith, Planner In concert with Fitzgerald & Halliday Inc., for Transportation Mary Manning, P.E., Project Manager FERRANDINO & ASSOCIATES INC. DECEMBER 2011 NORTH SALEM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN Planning Board Cynthia Curtis, Chair Recreation Committee Dawn Onufrik, Secretary John Varachi, Chair Charlotte Harris, Member/ CPC Liaison Norma Bandak, Member Gary Jacobi, Member Andrew Brown, Member Bernard Sweeny, Member Brendan Curran, Member Robert Tompkins, Member Allison Hublard-Hershman, Member Della Mancuso, Member Zoning Board of Appeals Paul Newman, Member Brian Ivanhoe, Chair Wayne Outhouse, Member Janice Will, Secretary Andy Pelosi, Member Patrick Browne, Member Deidre McGovern, Member Energy Advisory Panel William Monti, Member Edris Scherer, Chair Richard O’Leary, Member Amy Rosmarin, Town Board Liason John White, Comprehensive Planning Historic Preservation Commission Committee Liaison Francis Tuoti, Chair Katherine Daniels, Member Bruce Buchholtz, Vice Chair Bob Daros, Member Janice Will, Secretary Bob McGee, Member Susan Thompson, Town Historian Pam Pooley, Member Steven LaRocca, Member Eric Pooley, Member Debby Moore, Member Gail Pantezzi, Member Open Space Committee Marcia Rockwood, Member Amy Rosmarin, Chair David Talbot, Member Janice Will, Secretary Martin Aronchick, Member Town Housing Board William Butler, Member Anthony Navarro, Co-Chair Patricia Carey, Member Lori Ferguson, Co-Chair Lynn DeGregorio, Member Janice Will, Secretary Barbara Jacobi, Member Janet Capolino, Member John Roach, Member William Monti, Member Elaine Sweeny, Member Michael Palma, Member A sincere thank you is also extended to the residents, businesses and property owners who participated in the planning process. 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DECEMBER 2011 NORTH SALEM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY i 1.0 INTRODUCTION................................................................................................. 1 1.1 HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT .......................................................................... 2 2.0 PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT PROCESS............................................................... 5 2.1 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN COMMITTEE .......................................................... 5 2.2 COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT ....................................................................... 6 2.3 TOWN-WIDE SURVEY ................................................................................... 9 2.4 VISION AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES ............................................................. 11 3.0 DEMOGRAPHICS & LOCAL ECONOMY................................................... 11 3.1 POPULATION AND GROWTH TRENDS 11 3.1.1 Age 12 3.1.2 Race .......................................................................................................... 14 3.1.3 Population Projections .............................................................................. 15 3.1.4 Residential Building Permits..................................................................... 16 3.2 EMPLOYMENT BY OCCUPATION ................................................................ 17 4.0 COMMUNITY CHARACTER AND DESIGN .............................................. 19 4.1 CHARACTER AND APPEARANCE 19 4.2 HISTORICAL RESOURCES 20 4.3 RECOMMENDATIONS 24 4.3.1 Lighting ...................................................................................................... 24 4.3.2 Noise........................................................................................................... 26 4.3.3 Community Design..................................................................................... 27 4.3.4 Energy ........................................................................................................ 29 4.3.5 Open Space................................................................................................. 33 5.0 LAND USE AND ZONING ................................................................................ 38 5.1 EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.......................................................................... 38 5.1.1 Residential.................................................................................................. 40 5.1.2 Agricultural ................................................................................................ 40 5.1.3 Recreation and Open Space........................................................................ 41 5.1.4 Undeveloped Land..................................................................................... 41 5.1.5 Institutional and Public Assembly.............................................................. 42 5.1.6 Commercial and Other Non-Residential .................................................... 42 5.2 LAND USE GOALS...................................................................................... 43 5.3 ZONING ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS.......................................... 43 5.4 OTHER LAND USE TOOLS ......................................................................... 53 FERRANDINO & ASSOCIATES INC. DECEMBER 2011 NORTH SALEM COMPREHENSIVE PLAN 6.0 ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES................................................................. 61 6.1 NORTH SALEM’S GROUNDWATER RESOURCES ........................................ 61 6.2 WHAT NORTH SALEM HAS ALREADY DONE............................................. 64 6.3 NEXT STEPS ................................................................................................ 65 7.0 HOUSING............................................................................................................ 69 7.1 RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW ................................................ 69 7.2 EXISTING PATTERN OF RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT ............................. 70 7.2.1 Housing Density Considerations.............................................................. 71 7.2.2 Housing Characteristic Considerations.................................................... 71 7.3 AFFORDABLE/MODERATE-INCOME HOUSING.......................................... 73 7.3.1 What Has Worked.................................................................................... 74 7.3.2 Affordable Housing ................................................................................. 75 7.3.3 Challenges to Affordable Housing........................................................... 76 7.3.4 Recommendations.................................................................................... 77 8.0 TRANSPORTATION......................................................................................... 82 8.1 COORDINATION AND PUBLIC OUTREACH ................................................. 83 8.2 CURRENT CONDITIONS .............................................................................. 86 8.2.1 Travel Corridors......................................................................................... 87 8.2.2 Traffic Volumes ......................................................................................... 90 8.2.3 Safety.......................................................................................................... 96 8.2.4 Centers........................................................................................................ 97 8.2.5 Public Transportation................................................................................. 98 8.2.6 Bicycle and Pedestrian Facilities................................................................ 99 8.2.7 Traffic Generators.................................................................................... 100 8.3 PLANNED AND PROGRAMMED IMPROVEMENTS..................................... 101 8.4 NEEDS AND MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS AND STRATEGIES................. 101 9.0 PUBLIC FACILITIES AND SERVICES.................................................................... 111 9.1 CURRENT CONDITIONS ........................................................................... 111 9.1.1 Educational Facilities............................................................................... 111 9.1.2 The Ruth Keeler Library .......................................................................... 116 9.1.3 Police Protection....................................................................................... 116 9.1.4 Fire Protection Services............................................................................ 117 9.1.5 Emergency Services................................................................................. 119 9.1.6 Emergency Management.........................................................................