Your local planning board consists of five members, appointed by the Bristol Town Board.

Our major responsibilities include monitoring the subdivision of land, site reviews of commercial, industrial and multi-family endeavors, and the review of any project in the Town's steep slope areas.

To a lesser degree, but very important is the research and presentation to the Town Board of changes in or additions to the town's zoning ordinance.

This year sub-division and site plan reviews have been relatively quiet, with no major developments in Bristol. As result of the new Bristol Water District #1 the planning board will be reviewing town zoning within this new district. Our goal is to research best management practices regarding potential growth demands in this district.

New this year is the NYS legislature's requirement of four hours mandated training for planning board members. We will be completing this training in October, 2007 with instruction on NYS SEQR (State Environmental Quality Review process). If at any time you have questions regarding planning board issues please feel free to discuss them with the chairperson.

The Planning Board wishes you a wonderful autumn.