Dutchess County

Village of Millbrook, NY: zoning for new construction

8 districts Min residential lot 0.2296–5 ac Central Hudson

Residential lots in the Village of Millbrook run from a 0.2296-acre minimum in Multifamily Residential up to 5 acres in Rural, across 8 zoning districts in all. Short-term rentals allowed with local rules. Power here is Central Hudson territory. The district table below has the setbacks, height limits and coverage - confirm the specifics with the building department at (845) 677-8419 before you rely on a figure.

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Zoning districts

District	Min lot	Setbacks F / S / R	Max height	ADU
Rural	5 ac	75 / 50 / 50 ft	35 ft	Special permit
Residential Low-Density	2 ac	50 / 25 / 30 ft	35 ft	Special permit
Residential Transitional	1.5 ac	50 / 30 / 30 ft	35 ft	Special permit
Residential - One Acre	1 ac	35 / 20 / 30 ft	35 ft	Special permit
Residential	0.3333 ac	25 / 10 / 30 ft	35 ft	Special permit
Multifamily Residential	0.2296 ac	30 / 15 / 30 ft	35 ft	Special permit
Bennett Campus District	2 ac	50 / 30 / 30 ft	35 ft	Special permit
General Business	0.0918 ac	10 / 0 / 15 ft	35 ft	Special permit

Rural, Residential Low-Density, Residential Transitional, Residential - One Acre, Residential, Multifamily Residential — Lot depth is a published requirement of its own: a lot can meet the area and the width and still fail on depth. Height is capped at 2 1/2 stories as well as 35 ft.

Bennett Campus District — Lot depth is a published requirement of its own: a lot can meet the area and the width and still fail on depth. Height is capped at 2 1/2 stories as well as 35 ft. Two-acre single-family zoning is as-of-right in BCD. The Schedule of Lot and Bulk Requirements also carries a CDD row, which is NOT a mapped district: a Conservation Density Development is a planned unit development inside the BCD, available only by special use permit, and it is recorded here as a variant rather than as a district of its own.

General Business — Lot depth is a published requirement of its own: a lot can meet the area and the width and still fail on depth. Height is capped at 2 1/2 stories as well as 35 ft. The schedule prints "--" in the side yard column, an affirmative "none required" rather than a blank, so no side yard is needed in General Business.

Short-term rentals

Short-term rentals allowed with local rules. Short-term rentals are regulated as overnight accommodations. § 230-30C(2) of Zoning Chapter 230 sits under § 230-30, Overnight accommodations, and defines SHORT-TERM RENTAL along with HOSTED SHORT-TERM RENTAL and NONHOSTED SHORT-TERM RENTAL — a hosted/unhosted split that almost always carries different permissions, so establish which form a property would be before relying on any single answer. New York State's 2025 short-term rental registry (Ch. 99 of the Laws of 2025) separately requires every host statewide to register the unit regardless of local law. Confirm with Village of Millbrook at (845) 677-8419 before listing.

Good to know

UtilityCentral Hudson territory.
Zoning codeecode360.com/10855096
Building dept(845) 677-8419
Last reviewed2026-08-16

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