Draft Town of Shawangunk Comprehensive Plan Update A Sustainable Vision for the Town and Hamlets OCTOBER 2019 VOLUME II .................................................................... A Sustainable Vision for the Town and Its Hamlets TABLE OF CONTENTS: VOLUME II APPENDIX A: HAMLET BASELINE CONDITIONS APPENDIX B: BUILDING TYPOLOGIES FOR WALLKILL HAMLET APPENDIX C: PUBLIC SURVEY RESULTS 2019 Town of Shawangunk Comprehensive Plan Volume II Page i .................................................................... A Sustainable Vision for the Town and Its Hamlets APPENDIX A: HAMLET BASELINE CONDITIONS 2019 Town of Shawangunk Comprehensive Plan Volume II TOWN OF SHAWANGUNK HAMLET AND CORRIDOR STUDY EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT Prepared by: Nelson, Pope, & Voorhis, LLC Prepared for: Town of Shawangunk Town Board January 2018 Table of Contents I. Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 4 II. Existing Land Use and Zoning ................................................................................................................ 6 A. Walker Valley Hamlet and Corridor ................................................................................................ 10 1. Existing Zoning ............................................................................................................................ 10 2. Comprehensive Plan ................................................................................................................... 13 3. Existing Land Use Pattern ........................................................................................................... 14 B. Wallkill Hamlet ................................................................................................................................ 19 1. Existing Zoning ............................................................................................................................ 19 2. Comprehensive Plan ................................................................................................................... 24 3. Existing Land Use Pattern ........................................................................................................... 25 South Gateway .................................................................................................................................... 26 Northeast Gateway ............................................................................................................................. 31 West Gateway & Hamlet Center ......................................................................................................... 34 4. Regulatory Issues ........................................................................................................................ 36 III. Environmental Resources ............................................................................................................... 39 A. Walker Valley and NYS Route 52 Corridor ...................................................................................... 39 B. Wallkill hamlet ................................................................................................................................ 41 IV. Historic & Visual Resources ............................................................................................................ 44 A. General History ............................................................................................................................... 44 B. Wallkill Hamlet ................................................................................................................................ 45 C. National Register Historic Sites ....................................................................................................... 46 D. Visual Resources ............................................................................................................................. 48 V. Transportation .................................................................................................................................... 52 A. Vehicular Transportation ................................................................................................................ 52 B. Alternative Transportation ............................................................................................................. 53 C. Wallkill River Walk .......................................................................................................................... 54 1. Overview ..................................................................................................................................... 54 2. Short Term Strategy ........................................................................................................................ 59 3. Long Term Strategy ......................................................................................................................... 63 VI. Hamlet Challenges ................................................................................................................................. 64 A. Walker Valley Hamlet Challenges ....................................................................................................... 64 B. Wallkill Hamlet Challenges ................................................................................................................. 64 C. Land Use and Hamlet Design Challenges ............................................................................................ 67 Attachment A – Technical Zoning Comments ............................................................................................. 69 Town of Shawangunk Hamlet and Corridor Study Page 1 List of Tables TABLE 1: District Purposes ............................................................................................................................ 6 TABLE 2: SB District Uses ............................................................................................................................ 11 TABLE 3: Bulk Regulations For Walker Valley/Nys Route 52 Corridor Zoning Districts .............................. 12 TABLE 4: HWG District Uses ........................................................................................................................ 20 TABLE 5: MB-C District Uses........................................................................................................................ 21 TABLE 6: H-1 District Uses ........................................................................................................................... 22 TABLE 7: Bulk Regulations For Wallkill Hamlet Zoning Districts ................................................................. 23 TABLE 8: Zoning Districts Within Hamlet Centers And Allowable Uses ..................................................... 36 TABLE 9: Nysdec Stream Water Quality Classifications .............................................................................. 41 TABLE 10: Listed and Eligible Historic Sites ................................................................................................. 46 List of Figures Figure 1: The location of hamlets within the Town of Shawangunk ............................................................ 5 Figure 2: Close up view of parcels within the SB district of Walker Valley ................................................. 12 Figure 3 1875 Map of Walker Valley ........................................................................................................... 14 Figure 4: Entrance to the Walker Memorial Garden Cemetery .................................................................. 17 Figure 5: Mountain View United Methodist Church ................................................................................... 17 Figure 6: Village Drop Shop ......................................................................................................................... 18 Figure 7: Potential home occupation or residential businesses ................................................................. 18 Figure 8: Gateways in Wallkill Hamlet ........................................................................................................ 26 Figure 9: South Gateway Land Uses ............................................................................................................ 27 Figure 10: Auto Related Uses - South Gateway .......................................................................................... 28 Figure 11: Wallkill “Riverwalk”, photos from North to South ending at Popp’s Memorial Park ................ 29 Figure 12: Buildings visible from the road, South Gateway ........................................................................ 30 Figure 13: Land Uses of the Northeast Gateway, Wallkill hamlet. ............................................................. 31 Figure 14: Northeast Gateway: Entering from Route 208 .......................................................................... 33 Figure 15: Many businesses on Wallkill Avenue are conducted within converted residential buildings ... 34 Figure 16: Old versus new sidewalks on Wallkill Avenue. .......................................................................... 35 Figure 17: Zoomed in View of SB district Environmental Constraints ........................................................ 40 Figure 18: Proximity of stored vehicles to waters