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TOWN OF NEWBURGH

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

ON PROPOSED LOCAL LAW

 

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that there has been introduced before the Town Board of the Town of Newburgh in the County of Orange and State of New York on July 8, 2024, Introductory Local Law No. 9 of the Year 2024 entitled “A Local Law Amending Section 185-48.9 Entitled “Cannabis Related Uses” of Chapter 185 Entitled “Zoning” of the Code of the Town of Newburgh” the purpose and effect of which is to amend the Town’s Zoning Code provisions pertaining to cannabis related uses in order to conform with currently adopted New York State regulations.  The amendments include: a modification to provide that no permit or approval shall be granted to Cannabis On-Site Consumption Premises, Microbusiness Facilities, registered organizations adult use cultivator processor distributor retail dispensary licensed pursuant to section 68-a of the Cannabis Law and Cannabis Retail Dispensaries proposed to be located on the same road and within 500 feet of the structure or its grounds occupied exclusively as a public youth facility rather than a community facility; the addition of Cannabis Microbusinesses and Cannabis Microbusiness separate retail premises to the requirement for separation from another premises used for the same category of licensed use by at least a 1,000 foot radius  and removal of the prohibition on Cannabis Microbusiness Facilities being located within 500 feet of the exterior of an existing dwelling unit;  the inclusion of cannabis microbusinesses with on-site retail sales and cannabis microbusiness separate retail premises as uses subject to the additional site requirements for adequate lighting, trash disposal, exterior, grounds, landscaping and sign maintenance and the prohibitions on sales product and paraphernalia items related to the preparation or consumption of product being visible offsite or from a public right of way and use of sound reproduction devices; and the addition of cannabis microbusiness retail premises and cannabis microbusinesses with indoor cultivation canopies only as uses permitted subject to site plan approval by the Planning Board to the B (Business) and IB (Interchange Business) Zoning District Tables of Use and Bulk Requirements subject to the same bulk requirements as cannabis retail dispensaries.

 

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that pursuant to Section Twenty of the Municipal Home Rule Law, a public hearing will be held on the aforesaid proposed Local Law before the Town Board of the Town of Newburgh at the Town Hall at 1496 Route 300 in the Town of Newburgh, New York at 7:00 o'clock p.m. on September 23, 2024 at which time all interested parties will be heard. 

 

The Town of Newburgh provides reasonable accommodations for the disabled. Disabled individuals who need assistance in order to participate should contact the Town Clerk’s office at 564-4554.  Advance notice is requested

 

 

Dated:  August 23, 2024

 

Lisa M. Vance Ayers

Town Clerk, Town of Newburgh