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Legal Notices - 6-27-24

Legal Notice

Notice of Filing Completed Assessment Roll with Clerk

Notice is hereby given that the Final Assessment Roll for the Town of Pine Plains in the County of Dutchess for the year 2024 has been completed by the undersigned assessor, and a certified copy is filed in the office of the town clerk on the 1st day of July, 2024, where the same will remain open for public inspection by appointment during normal business hours.

Assessor for the

Town of Pine Plains

Sara Foglia

06-27-24


NOTICE OF COMPLETION OF FINAL ASSESSMENT ROLL

Notice is hereby given that the Final Assessment roll for the TOWN OF AMENIA, COUNTY OF DUTCHESS for the year 2024 has been completed by the undersigned Assessor, and a certified copy is filed in the office of the Town Clerk at Amenia Town Hall, 4988 Route 22, Amenia, NY on the first day of July, 2024, where it will be open for public inspection. A copy of such will also be available online at ameniany.gov. Dated this 1st day of July 2024.

Donna Dipippo

Assessor for

Town of Amenia

06-27-24


TOWN OF AMENIA PLANNING BOARD

NOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Chapters 105 and 121 of the Code of the Town of Amenia and NYS Town Law Article 16, public hearings will be convened by the Town of Amenia Planning Board at 7:00 p.m. on July 10, 2024 to consider applications submitted by Lakeside 27 LLC for Subdivision and Site Plan Review approvals to authorize the merger of Tax Parcel ## 132000-7066-02-782702-0000 and 132000-7066-02-788715-0000 located at 300 Wood Duck Road, Town of Amenia, Dutchess County, and to construct a single family dwelling on the merged lot (the “Applications”) as an amendment to the approval granted by the Planning Board of the Site Plans for Phase 1 of the Silo Ridge Field Club on July 29, 2015 by Resolution #12 for 2015.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that copies of the Applications are on file in the Planning and Zoning Office for public viewing and inspection during normal business hours by appointment only. The Applications can also be viewed and downloaded from the Town’s official website at www.ameniany.gov.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Planning Board will hear all persons interested in the Applications at the public hearings noticed herein. All persons may appear at the hearings in person or by agent and may also submit written comments to the Planning Board at or prior to such hearings by emailing comments to Planning Board Secretary Judy Westfall at jwestfall@ameniany.gov.

Robert Boyles, Jr., Chairman

Town of Amenia

Planning Board

06-27-24


TOWN OF AMENIA PLANNING BOARD

NOTICE OF

PUBLIC HEARING

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that pursuant to Chapter 121 of the Code of the Town of Amenia and NYS Town Law Article 16, a public hearing will be convened by the Town of Amenia Planning Board at 7:00 p.m. on July 10, 2024 to consider the application of Troutbeck Holdings LP for Site Plan Review approval to authorize Phases 2 and 6 of its adaptive reuse plan for a 43.5 acre parcel located at 515 Leedsville Road, Town of Amenia, Dutchess County (Tax Parcel # 132000-7267-00-227675)(the “Application”).

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that a copy of the Application is on file in the Planning and Zoning Office for public viewing and inspection during normal business hours by appointment only. The Application can also be viewed and downloaded from the Town’s official website at www.ameniany.gov.

PLEASE TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that the Planning Board will hear all persons interested in the Application at the public hearing noticed herein. All persons may appear at the hearing in person or by agent and may also submit written comments to the Planning Board at or prior to such hearing by emailing comments to Planning Board Secretary Judy Westfall at jwestfall@ameniany.gov.

Robert Boyles, Jr., Chairman

Town of Amenia

Planning Board

06-27-24


Town of North East Assessor’s Office

Notice is hereby given that the Assessor of the Town of North East, County of Dutchess, has completed the final assessment roll for the year 2024. A certified copy will be filed with the Town Clerk at North East Town Hall, 19 North Maple Avenue, Millerton, N.Y., by the 1st day of July, 2024. It will also be available on our website https://townofnortheastny.gov/.

Katherine Johnson

Assessor

06-27-24

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