How to Apply to ZBA

1. Download the application forms at www.hydeparkny.us/190/Forms-Documents or pick up copies from Zoning office. Applicant must complete all forms: application, Environmental Assessment Form, escrow agreement (where applicable); and submit all relevant maps, sketches, and/or graphic renderings.
   
   
2. RESIDENTIAL APPLICANTS - Schedule an appointment with the Zoning Board Secretary to complete your application. Residential applications will not be accepted outside of appointments.
   
   Send digital files of all relevant maps, other sketches, photos and graphic renderings to the Zoning Board of Appeals Secretary at khoppe@hydeparkny.us
   
   COMMERCIAL APPLICANTS - Submit one (1) original and six (6) copies of the application package to the Zoning Administrator. This includes: all application forms, short/long Environmental Assessment Form, maps, other sketches, photos, and any other pertinent information.
    
   In addition to physical copies, send digital files of all relevant maps, other sketches, photos and graphic renderings to the Zoning Board of Appeals Secretary at khoppe@hydeparkny.us
   
   
3. Submit applications NO LATER THAN FIFTEEN (15) CALENDAR DAYS preceding the monthly meeting, in order to be placed on that agenda.
   
   
4. Along with application, submit the non-refundable application fee as follows:

Checks can be made payable to Town of Hyde Park. No cash or credit cards.

Submit an escrow payment with initial application. Please see Hyde Park Fee Schedule for list of escrow requirements. Area variances for one-family residential uses are exempt from escrow requirements.