Columbia County
Town of Taghkanic, NY: zoning for new construction
The Town of Taghkanic sets a residential minimum of about 0.46 acres in Residential District, one of its 8 zoning districts. Short-term rentals allowed with local rules. Power here is NYSEG territory. The district table below has the setbacks, height limits and coverage - confirm the specifics with the building department at (518) 851-6958 before you rely on a figure.
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Zoning districts
| District | Min lot | Setbacks F / S / R | Max height | ADU |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residential District | — | — | — | Occupancy restricted |
| Residential District | 0.46 ac | 50 / 15 / - ft | — | Occupancy restricted |
| Residential District | 0.46 ac | 50 / 15 / - ft | — | Occupancy restricted |
| Residential District | 0.46 ac | 50 / 15 / - ft | — | Occupancy restricted |
| Agricultural District | — | — | — | Occupancy restricted |
| Business District | — | — | — | Occupancy restricted |
| Industrial District | — | — | — | Occupancy restricted |
| Industrial District | — | — | — | Occupancy restricted |
Residential District — R-1 IS A SUPERSEDED DISTRICT: the amending law reclassifies the former R-1 District into R-3 and R-2. This record holds no figures for it and none are added. THE DENSITY CONTROL SCHEDULE ITSELF COULD NOT BE READ. Taghkanic's zoning is not codified into an ecode360 chapter — it is a scanned 1988 ordinance published as a PDF alongside a run of uncodified amending local laws. Section IV.B adopts "the attached schedule of density control regulations", and that attachment is an image the OCR did not resolve; one of the bundled amendments then "repeals said Density Control Schedule and replaces same by enacting the accompanying Density Control Schedule", so the governing figures are in a table this pass could not reach. The lot size and setbacks in this record are therefore LEFT EXACTLY AS THEY WERE and no basis figure is claimed for them. What is recorded below comes from the ordinance TEXT, which is legible. ROSTER WARNING: the amending law repeals Subdivision A in its entirety and re-establishes the districts as R-2 (one family per 2 acres), R-3 (per 3 acres), R-7 (per 7 acres), B-1 General Business and I-1 Light Industrial. It then reclassifies the former A District to R-7 and the former R-1 District to R-3 and R-2. So R-1 and A appear to be SUPERSEDED, and I-2 does not appear in the re-established list at all. All three are kept in the record rather than deleted — the zoning map may still show them and later amendments were not read — but they should be reconciled against the map before being relied on.
Residential District — The ordinance text establishes R-2 as "Residence, one family per 2 acres". THE DENSITY CONTROL SCHEDULE ITSELF COULD NOT BE READ. Taghkanic's zoning is not codified into an ecode360 chapter — it is a scanned 1988 ordinance published as a PDF alongside a run of uncodified amending local laws. Section IV.B adopts "the attached schedule of density control regulations", and that attachment is an image the OCR did not resolve; one of the bundled amendments then "repeals said Density Control Schedule and replaces same by enacting the accompanying Density Control Schedule", so the governing figures are in a table this pass could not reach. The lot size and setbacks in this record are therefore LEFT EXACTLY AS THEY WERE and no basis figure is claimed for them. What is recorded below comes from the ordinance TEXT, which is legible. ROSTER WARNING: the amending law repeals Subdivision A in its entirety and re-establishes the districts as R-2 (one family per 2 acres), R-3 (per 3 acres), R-7 (per 7 acres), B-1 General Business and I-1 Light Industrial. It then reclassifies the former A District to R-7 and the former R-1 District to R-3 and R-2. So R-1 and A appear to be SUPERSEDED, and I-2 does not appear in the re-established list at all. All three are kept in the record rather than deleted — the zoning map may still show them and later amendments were not read — but they should be reconciled against the map before being relied on.
Residential District — The ordinance text establishes R-3 as "Residence, one family per 3 acres". THE DENSITY CONTROL SCHEDULE ITSELF COULD NOT BE READ. Taghkanic's zoning is not codified into an ecode360 chapter — it is a scanned 1988 ordinance published as a PDF alongside a run of uncodified amending local laws. Section IV.B adopts "the attached schedule of density control regulations", and that attachment is an image the OCR did not resolve; one of the bundled amendments then "repeals said Density Control Schedule and replaces same by enacting the accompanying Density Control Schedule", so the governing figures are in a table this pass could not reach. The lot size and setbacks in this record are therefore LEFT EXACTLY AS THEY WERE and no basis figure is claimed for them. What is recorded below comes from the ordinance TEXT, which is legible. ROSTER WARNING: the amending law repeals Subdivision A in its entirety and re-establishes the districts as R-2 (one family per 2 acres), R-3 (per 3 acres), R-7 (per 7 acres), B-1 General Business and I-1 Light Industrial. It then reclassifies the former A District to R-7 and the former R-1 District to R-3 and R-2. So R-1 and A appear to be SUPERSEDED, and I-2 does not appear in the re-established list at all. All three are kept in the record rather than deleted — the zoning map may still show them and later amendments were not read — but they should be reconciled against the map before being relied on.
Residential District — The ordinance text establishes R-7 as "Residence, one family per 7 acres". THE DENSITY CONTROL SCHEDULE ITSELF COULD NOT BE READ. Taghkanic's zoning is not codified into an ecode360 chapter — it is a scanned 1988 ordinance published as a PDF alongside a run of uncodified amending local laws. Section IV.B adopts "the attached schedule of density control regulations", and that attachment is an image the OCR did not resolve; one of the bundled amendments then "repeals said Density Control Schedule and replaces same by enacting the accompanying Density Control Schedule", so the governing figures are in a table this pass could not reach. The lot size and setbacks in this record are therefore LEFT EXACTLY AS THEY WERE and no basis figure is claimed for them. What is recorded below comes from the ordinance TEXT, which is legible. ROSTER WARNING: the amending law repeals Subdivision A in its entirety and re-establishes the districts as R-2 (one family per 2 acres), R-3 (per 3 acres), R-7 (per 7 acres), B-1 General Business and I-1 Light Industrial. It then reclassifies the former A District to R-7 and the former R-1 District to R-3 and R-2. So R-1 and A appear to be SUPERSEDED, and I-2 does not appear in the re-established list at all. All three are kept in the record rather than deleted — the zoning map may still show them and later amendments were not read — but they should be reconciled against the map before being relied on.
Agricultural District — A IS A SUPERSEDED DISTRICT: the amending law reclassifies the former A District to R-7. This record holds no figures for it and none are added. THE DENSITY CONTROL SCHEDULE ITSELF COULD NOT BE READ. Taghkanic's zoning is not codified into an ecode360 chapter — it is a scanned 1988 ordinance published as a PDF alongside a run of uncodified amending local laws. Section IV.B adopts "the attached schedule of density control regulations", and that attachment is an image the OCR did not resolve; one of the bundled amendments then "repeals said Density Control Schedule and replaces same by enacting the accompanying Density Control Schedule", so the governing figures are in a table this pass could not reach. The lot size and setbacks in this record are therefore LEFT EXACTLY AS THEY WERE and no basis figure is claimed for them. What is recorded below comes from the ordinance TEXT, which is legible. ROSTER WARNING: the amending law repeals Subdivision A in its entirety and re-establishes the districts as R-2 (one family per 2 acres), R-3 (per 3 acres), R-7 (per 7 acres), B-1 General Business and I-1 Light Industrial. It then reclassifies the former A District to R-7 and the former R-1 District to R-3 and R-2. So R-1 and A appear to be SUPERSEDED, and I-2 does not appear in the re-established list at all. All three are kept in the record rather than deleted — the zoning map may still show them and later amendments were not read — but they should be reconciled against the map before being relied on.
Business District — The ordinance text establishes B-1 as "General Business". THE DENSITY CONTROL SCHEDULE ITSELF COULD NOT BE READ. Taghkanic's zoning is not codified into an ecode360 chapter — it is a scanned 1988 ordinance published as a PDF alongside a run of uncodified amending local laws. Section IV.B adopts "the attached schedule of density control regulations", and that attachment is an image the OCR did not resolve; one of the bundled amendments then "repeals said Density Control Schedule and replaces same by enacting the accompanying Density Control Schedule", so the governing figures are in a table this pass could not reach. The lot size and setbacks in this record are therefore LEFT EXACTLY AS THEY WERE and no basis figure is claimed for them. What is recorded below comes from the ordinance TEXT, which is legible. ROSTER WARNING: the amending law repeals Subdivision A in its entirety and re-establishes the districts as R-2 (one family per 2 acres), R-3 (per 3 acres), R-7 (per 7 acres), B-1 General Business and I-1 Light Industrial. It then reclassifies the former A District to R-7 and the former R-1 District to R-3 and R-2. So R-1 and A appear to be SUPERSEDED, and I-2 does not appear in the re-established list at all. All three are kept in the record rather than deleted — the zoning map may still show them and later amendments were not read — but they should be reconciled against the map before being relied on.
Industrial District — The ordinance text establishes I-1 as "Light Industrial". THE DENSITY CONTROL SCHEDULE ITSELF COULD NOT BE READ. Taghkanic's zoning is not codified into an ecode360 chapter — it is a scanned 1988 ordinance published as a PDF alongside a run of uncodified amending local laws. Section IV.B adopts "the attached schedule of density control regulations", and that attachment is an image the OCR did not resolve; one of the bundled amendments then "repeals said Density Control Schedule and replaces same by enacting the accompanying Density Control Schedule", so the governing figures are in a table this pass could not reach. The lot size and setbacks in this record are therefore LEFT EXACTLY AS THEY WERE and no basis figure is claimed for them. What is recorded below comes from the ordinance TEXT, which is legible. ROSTER WARNING: the amending law repeals Subdivision A in its entirety and re-establishes the districts as R-2 (one family per 2 acres), R-3 (per 3 acres), R-7 (per 7 acres), B-1 General Business and I-1 Light Industrial. It then reclassifies the former A District to R-7 and the former R-1 District to R-3 and R-2. So R-1 and A appear to be SUPERSEDED, and I-2 does not appear in the re-established list at all. All three are kept in the record rather than deleted — the zoning map may still show them and later amendments were not read — but they should be reconciled against the map before being relied on.
Industrial District — I-2 DOES NOT APPEAR in the re-established district list, which names only R-2, R-3, R-7, B-1 and I-1. It is kept rather than deleted, but its standing needs checking against the zoning map. THE DENSITY CONTROL SCHEDULE ITSELF COULD NOT BE READ. Taghkanic's zoning is not codified into an ecode360 chapter — it is a scanned 1988 ordinance published as a PDF alongside a run of uncodified amending local laws. Section IV.B adopts "the attached schedule of density control regulations", and that attachment is an image the OCR did not resolve; one of the bundled amendments then "repeals said Density Control Schedule and replaces same by enacting the accompanying Density Control Schedule", so the governing figures are in a table this pass could not reach. The lot size and setbacks in this record are therefore LEFT EXACTLY AS THEY WERE and no basis figure is claimed for them. What is recorded below comes from the ordinance TEXT, which is legible. ROSTER WARNING: the amending law repeals Subdivision A in its entirety and re-establishes the districts as R-2 (one family per 2 acres), R-3 (per 3 acres), R-7 (per 7 acres), B-1 General Business and I-1 Light Industrial. It then reclassifies the former A District to R-7 and the former R-1 District to R-3 and R-2. So R-1 and A appear to be SUPERSEDED, and I-2 does not appear in the re-established list at all. All three are kept in the record rather than deleted — the zoning map may still show them and later amendments were not read — but they should be reconciled against the map before being relied on.
Short-term rentals
Short-term rentals allowed with local rules. Local Law No. 3 of 2024 requires STR registration and annual renewal. Verify current requirements with Building Dept at (518) 851-6958.
Good to know
- UtilityNYSEG territory.
- Zoning codeecode360.com/TA2981
- Building dept(518) 851-6958
- Last reviewed2026-06-07
Working out a budget? A standard-finish build here runs $202–$265/sq ft , and a conforming lot adds about $6,285 on top - see the full cost to build a house in Taghkanic, or what an ADU costs here.
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Zoning figures for Town of Taghkanic are compiled from the municipal code (last reviewed 2026-06-07) and provided for decision-support only - not legal, engineering, or architectural advice. Setback and dimensional standards often carry conditions and exceptions; verify with the building department at (518) 851-6958 before relying on any number. Source: Offsite / Aldo zoning dataset, municipalData.js.