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Can you build an ADU in Taghkanic, NY?
Town of Taghkanic has 8 districts. All districts allow ADUs with occupancy restrictions. Check your address to confirm the district that applies to your parcel:
What the Taghkanic code indicates by district
The table below shows how each district treats ADUs, alongside the lot and setback standards that govern a second unit. District boundaries and conditions vary, so treat this as a starting point and confirm the district that applies to your parcel.
| 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Residential District — R-1 IS A SUPERSEDED DISTRICT: the amending law reclassifies the former R-1 District into R-3 and R-2.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 So R-1 and A appear to be SUPERSEDED, and I-2 does not appear in the re-established list at all.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.
ADUs vs. short-term rentals in Taghkanic
Short-term rentals allowed with local rules for Town of Taghkanic. Local Law No. 3 of 2024 requires STR registration and annual renewal. Verify current requirements with Building Dept at (518) 851-6958. These are separate questions from whether you can build an ADU — a unit you're allowed to add isn't automatically one you're allowed to rent nightly, so check both.
Good to know
- Residential lot minimum0.46 ac — an ADU still has to fit the district's lot and setback envelope.
- UtilityNYSEG territory.
- Zoning codeecode360.com/TA2981
- Building dept(518) 851-6958
- Last reviewed2026-06-07
ADU FAQ — Taghkanic, NY
Are ADUs allowed in Taghkanic, NY?
Town of Taghkanic has 8 districts. All districts allow ADUs with occupancy restrictions. Check your address with the free ADU checker, or confirm with the building department at (518) 851-6958.
Do I need a special permit for an ADU in Taghkanic?
No district in Town of Taghkanic requires a special-use permit for an ADU - 8 districts allow ADUs with occupancy restrictions. Site-plan review or a building permit may still apply.
Can I use an ADU as a short-term rental in Taghkanic?
Short-term rentals allowed with local rules for Town of Taghkanic. ADU occupancy and short-term-rental rules are separate: an ADU you can build isn't automatically one you can rent nightly. Confirm both before you count on STR income.
What an ADU costs to build in Taghkanic
Permission is one question and budget is another. An 800 sq ft accessory unit here runs roughly $195k–260k at a standard finish, and the per-square-foot rate comes in above a full house because the kitchen, bath, panel and heating plant cost the same either way. See the full cost to build an ADU in Taghkanic, priced by size.
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ADU information for Town of Taghkanic is compiled from the municipal code (last reviewed 2026-06-07) and provided for decision-support only — not legal or architectural advice. ADU eligibility, size, owner-occupancy and permit conditions vary by district and often carry exceptions; verify with the building department at (518) 851-6958 before relying on any answer. Source: Offsite / Aldo zoning dataset, municipalData.js.