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		<title>Durst Begins New Neighborhood Development Process</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Now that the zoning law has been enacted by the Pine Plains Town Board, the Durst Organization is beginning the application process for a New Neighborhood District zoning change.  Doing so entails some very slight revisions to the project layout from the second version of the project.  You can view the “pre-application” project material (including [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pineplainsunited.org/durst-begins-new-neighborhood-development-process/</link>
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		<title>Pine Plains Zoning Law is Enacted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The zoning law was adopted at the October 15, 2009 Town Board meeting.  The most salient features of the law are:

It divides the town into various zoning districts with differing lot sizes or densities, varying from 20,000 square feet (15,000 if central sewer is installed) in the central hamlet districts to 5 acres in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pineplainsunited.org/pine-plains-zoning-law-is-enacted/</link>
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		<title>Durst Likely to Have NND Tool for Zoning Exceptions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Carvel  (Durst)/Landmark:  After the overwhelmingly negative reaction from the  public and many experts representing PPU, Scenic Hudson, the Dutchess  Land Conservancy, the county planning office and even the State  Department of Environmental Conservation in the series of public  hearings held in the spring of 2008; the Carvel/Durst team [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pineplainsunited.org/durst-likely-to-have-nnd-tool-for-zoning-exceptions/</link>
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		<title>FINAL ZONING DRAFT FOR PINE PLAINS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The final draft of the zoning law will be adopted at the October 15, 2009 Town Board meeting.  Prior to that, one more workshop meeting will be held on Tuesday, October 6 at 7PM to review the wording of a few final revisions made in the law in the September 10th workshop meeting.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pineplainsunited.org/final-zoning-draft-for-pine-plains/</link>
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		<title>Zoning Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over a year ago the Town Board hired a new planner (Bonnie Franson of Tim Miller and Associates) to assist in its review and revision of the draft zoning law.  The resulting draft law contains many changes from the draft produced by the Zoning Commission.  The most critical change in the new draft [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pineplainsunited.org/zoning-update-2/</link>
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		<title>Durst Submits Revision on Golf Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Carvel (Durst)/Landmark: After the overwhelmingly negative reaction from the public and many experts representing PPU, Scenic Hudson, the Dutchess Land Conservancy, the county planning office and even the State Department of Environmental Conservation in the series of public hearings held in the spring of 2008; the Carvel/Durst team submitted a major revision of their large [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pineplainsunited.org/durst-submits-revision-on-golf-development/</link>
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		<title>Zoning Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over a year ago the Town Board hired a new planner (Bonnie Franson of Tim Miller and Associates) to assist in its review and revision of the draft zoning law. The resulting draft law contains many changes from the draft produced by the Zoning Commission. Among those changes are that instead of utilizing an environmental [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pineplainsunited.org/zoning-update/</link>
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		<title>PPU Lawyer&#8217;s and Other Expert Testimony in Response to Zoning Proposal</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Comments delivered to the Town Board relating to the Zoning Proposal submitted for public review. The comments center mainly around the New Neighborhood District component of the proposed law. Read the letter here.
→ Lyons Testimony on Proposed Zoning
→ Lisa Nagle of Elan Planning and Design&#8217;s Testimony
→ Mark Wildonger of Scenic Hudson&#8217;s Testimony
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		<link>http://www.pineplainsunited.org/ppu-lawyers-response-to-zoning-proposal/</link>
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		<title>We Need You at the Hearings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The first public hearing for the Draft Zoning Law is this Saturday, April 18th, at 9:30AM at the Lions Club Pavilion (82 Beach Road). We hope you can make it as your input on this far reaching law will have a dramatic impact on the quality of life of all of us here in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pineplainsunited.org/we-need-you-at-the-hearings/</link>
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		<title>How to get the zoning we deserve</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Attend the hearings.
First, a reminder: the public hearings on the proposed Pine Plains Zoning Law are scheduled for Saturday, April 18th at 9:30AM and Wednesday, the 22nd at 7:00PM. Both will be held at the Lions Club Pavilion at 82 Beach Road.
Read the document.
If you haven&#8217;t already, be sure to go to the town website [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.pineplainsunited.org/how-to-get-the-zoning-we-deserve/</link>
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