Zoning, building permits and septic rules in Town of Edinburg, New York

Town of Edinburg’s own rules

• Building permitRequired

  New or expanded land use and development, subdivisions, and changes in existing use inside the Town of Edinburg.

  • The owner or agent must apply to the Town Code Enforcement Official for an ordinance-applicability determination.
  • parameters omitted because the ordinance does not state a building-permit fee in the cited passage.

  “Prior to any new or expanded land use and development, any subdivision of land, or any change in the existing use of any parcel in the Town of Edinburg, the owner or his agent must obtain a Building Permit and/or Land Use and Development Permit through application to the Code Enforcement Official (CEO) of the Town for a determination of the applicability of this Ordinance.”

• InspectionsLimited

  Sites subject to a Town permit application or request for project determination inside the Town of Edinburg.

  • Filing an application authorizes inspections that the body or officer with jurisdiction deems necessary.
  • Where practicable, entry requires prior notice to the applicant.

  “The filing of an application for a permit or request for determination of a project shall be deemed a granting of approval by the applicant to the Planning Board, the ZBA, and the CEO, and to such persons as they may designate, to conduct such examinations, tests, and other inspections of the site which is the subject of such application, as the body or officer having jurisdiction deems necessary.”

• Certificate of occupancyLimited

  Projects subject to site-plan approval inside the Town of Edinburg.

  • All site-plan improvements must be installed, unless a sufficient performance guarantee has been posted for unfinished improvements.
  • The performance guarantee follows Town Law § 277 procedures.

  “No certificate of occupancy shall be issued until all improvements shown on the site plan are installed or a sufficient performance guarantee has been posted for improvements not yet completed.”

• Local zoningPresent (with conditions)

  Land inside the Town of Edinburg, Saratoga County, New York.

  • Land use, development, and subdivision must conform to the ordinance.

  “No land use, development or subdivision shall be undertaken or maintained in the Town except in conformity with all applicable provisions of this Ordinance.”

• Living in an RVLimited

  Travel trailers and recreational vehicles used as residential living quarters inside the Town of Edinburg.

  • A travel trailer used residentially for more than 30 consecutive days or 45 aggregate days in a calendar year is treated as a mobile home.

  residential use duration before travel trailer is considered a mobile home: > 30 consecutive days (or more than 45 aggregate days in any one calendar year)

  “Provided that, any travel trailer used for residential purposes for more than 30 consecutive days or 45 days aggregate in anyone calendar year shall be considered a mobile home.”

• Agricultural exemptionConditional

  Agricultural operations and household gardening subject to the Town excavation and fill provision.

  • The exemption applies only to § 6.7 excavation and fill provisions; it does not establish a general exemption from Town zoning or permit requirements.

  “The following activities are specifically exempted from the provisions of this Section: a. Agricultural operations or household gardening.”

• Subdividing landRegulated (with conditions)

  Subdivision of land inside the Town of Edinburg.

  • The owner must submit the proposed subdivision to the Planning Board before subdivision, sale contract, construction in a proposed subdivision, or issuance of a building permit for such construction.
  • The ordinance prescribes four subdivision-review steps.

  “Before any land within the Town is subdivided, or a contract for the purchase and sale of a subdivided parcel or portion thereof is made, or any construction within a proposed subdivision is begun, or any building permit for such construction is issued, the owner shall submit his proposed subdivision for review by the Planning Board.”

Still unanswered

We looked and could not find an official answer yet. Silence is not permission; ask Town of Edinburg or Saratoga County directly.

• Owner-builder exemption — Owner-built residential construction inside the Town of Edinburg.
• Camping on your land — Temporary camping on private land inside the Town of Edinburg.
• Tiny homes — Tiny homes used as dwellings inside the Town of Edinburg.
• Manufactured homes — Manufactured homes used as dwellings inside the Town of Edinburg.
• Accessory dwellings — Accessory dwelling units inside the Town of Edinburg.

Each answer was extracted from an official source and independently re-checked against that source by a second reviewer. That is an evidence check, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the authority before you buy or build.