Greene County

Town of Hunter, NY: zoning for new construction

Town of Hunter 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 Hunter itself has NO zoning ordinance. This is not a gap in our data — the Town has no districts, minimum lot sizes or setbacks to publish. Note carefully that TWO VILLAGES INSIDE THE TOWN DO have their own zoning codes, and their standards stop at the village line.

How building actually works here

Check first whether your parcel is inside the Village of Hunter or the Village of Tannersville, because those are separate jurisdictions with real districts and real dimensional standards, and they are the more common case for a built parcel here. Outside those two village lines the Town has no zoning, and building is governed by the NYS Uniform Code plus whatever subdivision or site plan review the Town applies. Much of the Town also lies within the Catskill Park, where state land use and stream rules can matter more than anything local.

Do not use the 's code

If you are looking at a parcel just outside the village line, the zoning page is the right one — but check which jurisdiction the parcel is actually in first, because the two are easy to confuse and the standards are not the same.

Who to call

(518) 589-6150 — 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 →