03 - Part 3 - The Use of LandPlanning Base Studies
Village of Rye Brook, New York
Chapter 3 The Use of Land
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May 2012
Prepared by the Westchester County Department of Planning
3.1 Importance of Land Use
The understanding of data and information on the present state of
land use in a community gives municipal leaders a core set of tools
necessary to create sound land use plans and policies. A new, parcel
-based land use map for the Village of Rye Brook was created by
the Westchester County Department of Planning in 2009; this map
was reviewed, edited and approved by staff of the Village of Rye
Brook. The map also was included as part of report titled, Land Use
in Westchester, A detailed look at existing conditions and develop-
ment trends, (Appendix 3-1) that was prepared by Westchester
County Department of Planning in 2009.
CHAPTER 3 THE USE OF LAND
Figure 3-1. Birdseye View of the Hutchinson River Parkway in Rye Brook
Source: Westchester County Department of Planning
Planning Base Studies
Village of Rye Brook, New York
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May 2012
Prepared by the Westchester County Department of Planning
Chapter 3 The Use of Land
Land Use Acreage
Single Family Residential 790
Two and Three Family and Multi-Structure Properties 40
Condominiums, Apartments and Multi-Family
Residences 11
Common Land Homeowners Association Lands 111
Vacant Properties and Vacant Land with
Improvements 72
Commercial and Retail* 90
Office and Research, including Campus Office Parks 113
Mixed Use < 1
Institutional and Public Assembly 102
Transportation Right-of-Ways and Utilities 480
Cemeteries 19
Village Parks and Open Space 111
Private Golf Courses and Recreation** 212
State Parkway Lands 74
TOTAL 2224
Figure 3-2. Village of Rye Brook Land Use
Source: Westchester County Department of Planning
*Hotel land use comprises 68 acres of the total acreage for this category
**Does not include the golf course that is part of the Doral hotel property
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MAP NOTE: Parcel land use categories wereoriginally derived from 2009 town assessment datacontaining ORPS (Office of Real Property Services)codes which define specific land use as assigned bylocal assessors. The data was edited forcompleteness, consistency and currency. For thismap land uses were condensed and grouped into 15categories.
VillageofRyeBrook, NY
HARRISON
Land Use
Westchester CountyDepartment of PlanniningDecember 2011
Planning Base Studies
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Single Family Residential
Two and Three Family and Multi-Structure Properties
Condominiums, Aprtments and Multi-Family Residences
Common Land Homeowners Association Lands.
Vacant Properties and Vacant Land with Improvements
Commercial and Retail
Office and Research, including Campus Office Parks
Mixed Use
Institutional and Public Assembly
Transportation Right-of-Ways and Utilities
Cemeteries
Village Parks and Open Space
Private Golf Courses and Recreation
State Parkway Lands
Use of Land
Westchester
County Airport
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Planning Base Studies
Village of Rye Brook, New York
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May 2012
Prepared by the Westchester County Department of Planning
Chapter 3 The Use of Land
3.2 Methodology, Analysis and Classification System
To conduct a land use inventory on a parcel-by-parcel basis, data
from the local assessor’s office, using a standard use classification
system developed by the New York State Office of Real Property
Services (RPS), was joined to the County’s digital parcel maps. The
data was refined into standard land use categories used in planning
practice. Aerial photography, County government reports and vari-
ous digital resources were used along with extensive review by lo-
cal officials.
The 250 RPS codes were categorized into 60 land use categories.
The resulting categories were again categorized into 16 generalized
land use categories, such as residential and commercial. These color
-coded land use categories are shown on the Land Use Map. More
detail on the methodology of the data collection, analysis and land
use classification system can be found in the appendix in the Land
Use in Westchester report.
3.3 Land Use in Rye Brook
For a relatively small-sized municipality, the Village of Rye Brook
contains a wide range of land use types. The Village is almost en-
tirely built-out – only several properties are categorized as vacant.
Like many suburban Westchester municipalities, Rye Brook’s pri-
mary land use is Single Family Residential. However, many large
and small commercial, hotel, open space and transportation-related
properties are found within the corners of the 2,224 acre Village.
The New York State Office of
Real Property Services (ORPS)
website has been integrated into
the New York State Department
of Taxation and Finance
website. www.tax.ny.gov
Figure 3-3. Land Use in Westchester
Source: Westchester County Department of Planning
Planning Base Studies
Village of Rye Brook, New York
Chapter 3 The Use of Land
3-5
May 2012
Prepared by the Westchester County Department of Planning
As mentioned above, and as shown on the Land Use Map and Ta-
ble, the largest land use in the Village is Single Family Residential,
utilizing 791 acres, or 36 percent of the Village’s land area. Two/
Three-Family and Multi-Family Residential uses make up 51 acres,
or 2 percent of the Village. (See Chapter 11 for further discussion
of residential development in the Village).
A wide-range of land uses categorized as Non-Residential, totaling
540 acres, or 24 percent of the Village’s land area, is located
throughout the Village. The Westchester County Airport, located at
the northernmost portion of the Village, almost solely contributes to
the 208 acres categorized as Transportation, Communications and
Utilities. Commercial and Retail uses, totaling 90 acres, are concen-
trated in three areas: several properties in the downtown shopping
district along Ridge Street and at the Village’s two hotel properties
at the Rye Town Hilton and the Doral Arrowwood Conference Cen-
ter (the hotels combine for 68 acres). Institutional and Public As-
sembly uses, including schools, government, religious and social/
health services uses, account for 129 acres, while office building
uses cover 113 acres. (See Chapter 10 for further discussion of
commercial development in the Village).
Open Space and Recreation uses account for 495 acres, or 22 per-
cent of the Village’s land uses. The two golf clubs in the Village, at
Doral Arrowwood and The Blind Brook Club, total 211 acres
within this category. Village Parks and Conservation Lands total 80
acres, while land associated with the Hutchinson River Parkway,
categorized as State Parkway Lands, account for 74 acres. St.
Mary’s Cemetery, located south of I-287 and at the southernmost
point in the Village, covers 19 acres. (See Chapter 7 for further dis-
cussion of open space and recreation).
Lands categorized as Vacant account for 75 acres (3 percent of Vil-
lage land area), while Road Rights-of-Way cover 271 acres (or 12
percent) of Village land area.