East Hampton adopts middle housing rules under state mandate
Planning and Zoning · Meeting of August 5, 2026
East Hampton adopts state-mandated middle housing rules and clears a Long Crossing Road subdivision. The Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously to adopt text amendments implementing Public Act 25-1, allowing two-to-nine-unit developments by administrative approval only in commercial zones, while designating a parking mitigation district covering roughly 4 percent of town land where one to two spaces per unit can still be required. Applicant Wayne Rand told the board "infrastructure costs are upwards of $1,000 a linear foot" and pegged the town's buildable-lot shortage at 50 to 100.
The commission also approved, 6-0, a two-lot split of the Cocos daycare property at 12 Long Crossing Road, accepted a special permit modification for Skinner Street Properties LLC, and heard Commission on Aging chair Eric Rosenberg press for looser accessory-dwelling-unit rules following a 6-to-1 COA resolution. Town Planner Juliet Hodge, who said the job posting for her own position drew just two applicants, is stepping back to about 10 remote hours a week.
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Source: the Planning and Zoning meeting of August 5, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.
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