Greene County

Town of Prattsville, NY: zoning for new construction

Town of Prattsville 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 Prattsville has NO zoning ordinance and therefore no districts, minimum lot sizes or setbacks — confirmed with Greene County Planning. It DOES have a Site Plan Review Law (amended 2022), so there is a local approval process even though there are no dimensional standards behind it.

How building actually works here

This is the important distinction here: no zoning does not mean no review. Prattsville's Site Plan Review Law gives the Town a say over layout, access and impacts, but it gives you no lot-size or setback number to design to. Ask the Town what the Site Plan Review Law will require of your project before you draw anything. Prattsville sits at the confluence of Schoharie Creek and was severely flooded by Hurricane Irene in 2011, so floodplain elevation requirements are likely to be the binding constraint on a low-lying parcel here — check the flood map early.

Who to call

(518) 299-3125 — 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 →