Rensselaer County

Village of Schaghticoke, NY: zoning for new construction

Village of Schaghticoke does not publish a zoning code. We hold no districts, lot minimums or setbacks for it, and we would rather tell you that plainly than show you numbers we cannot stand behind.

What we know

The Village of Schaghticoke HAS zoning — its own capability assessment in the Rensselaer County Hazard Mitigation Plan records "Zoning ordinance: Y" — but it does not publish the code anywhere online. The village is not on eCode360, and its website carries village news, meeting minutes and water quality reports with no legal code section at all. There is no retrievable district map, lot schedule or setback table.

How building actually works here

The code exists, so someone can hand it to you; it simply is not on the internet. Start with the Village Clerk and ask for the zoning law and the zoning map by name. Do not substitute the Town of Schaghticoke's zoning law, which IS published and is a different document with different districts — the village is a separate jurisdiction and the town's districts stop at the village line. Worth knowing before you call: the village reports no subdivision regulations, so a lot split is likely to route through the county and the town rather than a village process.

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) 753-6100 — ask for the lot size, setbacks, height limit and permitted uses for the specific parcel. Get the answer in writing before you spend money on design or due diligence.

Whatever you are told, do not assume a neighbouring municipality's standards apply here. Adjoining jurisdictions in Rensselaer 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 Rensselaer County municipalities

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

See every municipality in Rensselaer County →