Planning Board Resources

The NYS Department of State (DOS) has a wide variety helpful publications available to local government to aide local planning and zoning board activities and decisions. Also useful for local boards are the National Wetland and FEMA flood zone maps. The list below contains frequently suggested titles and links to online publications and resources useful to local town/planning/zoning boards and departments. Click here for the Dept Of State page of Publications.

Planning Board Resources
TITLE OF PUBLICATION LINK TO PUBLICATION
Planning Board Training Resources LINK
NYS General Municipal Law LINK
NYS Publications for Planning and Land Use Regulations   LINK
NYS Training Schedule 2023 LINK
NYS Online Training  LINK
Solar Guidebook for Local Government LINK
FEMA Flood Map Service Center https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home
NYS DEC Environmental Resource Mapper https://gisservices.dec.ny.gov/gis/erm/
NYS State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA): FAQ for local boards LINK
Dept of Ag and Markets - Guidelines for Review of Local Zoning and Planning Laws LINK
Dept of Ag and Markets - Guidelines for Review of Local Laws Affecting Farm Worker Housing LINK