Greene County

Town of Ashland, NY: zoning for new construction

Town of Ashland has no zoning ordinance at all. There are no districts, no minimum lot sizes and no setbacks to look up here — but that is not the same as no rules, and it does not mean a project is unconstrained.

What we know

The Town of Ashland has NO zoning ordinance — there are no districts, no minimum lot sizes and no setbacks to look up. Nothing is being withheld; the standards do not exist.

How building actually works here

Building here is governed by the New York State Uniform Fire Prevention and Building Code, which the Town enforces through its code enforcement officer, and by any subdivision or site plan review the Town Board applies. Start with a phone call to the Town before you spend anything on design — in a town without zoning the code officer's reading IS the standard, and there is no published rule sitting behind it to appeal to. Septic and well approvals run through Greene County Public Health, and a parcel in or near a stream corridor may also face floodplain rules.

Who to call

(518) 734-3636 — confirm the current position before relying on the absence of zoning. Ask specifically what does apply: subdivision, site plan review and the state building code usually still do.

Whatever you are told, do not assume a neighbouring municipality's standards apply here. Adjoining jurisdictions in Greene County routinely differ by several acres of minimum lot, and a nearby town's schedule is not evidence of anything on this side of the line.

Zoning in nearby Greene County municipalities

These do publish their codes, and we hold the full district tables for them:

See every municipality in Greene County →