Greene County

Town of Durham, NY: zoning for new construction

Town of Durham 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 Durham has NO zoning ordinance — no districts, no minimum lot sizes, no setbacks.

How building actually works here

The NYS Uniform Code still applies and is enforced locally, and the Town Board has used subdivision review on real projects — a 13-lot major subdivision went through SEQR review here in 2021 — so a multi-lot project will face process even though it faces no dimensional standards. Call the Town Office at 7309 Route 81, East Durham before designing. Septic and well approvals run through Greene County Public Health.

Who to call

(518) 239-6122 — 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 →