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April 23, 1985
Mayor and Council
City of Rye, New York
Dear Mayor and Members of the Council:
I have the pleasure of transmitting herewith, for your information in land use decision making in the years to come, the 1985
Rye City Development Plan. The plan has been prepared in compliance with the City Charter and the General City Law, and
shows the Planning Commission's recommendations for development of the City over the next 10 to 20 years. We anticipate
an increasing effort to transfer planning and zoning controls from individual localities to the county and state. Recognizing the
importance of local familiarity and the resulting benefits in terms of understanding, maintaining, and protecting our environment,
we strongly feel that future land use decisions for the City of Rye should remain with the City.
The Planning Commission contracted with Raymond, Parish, Pine & Weiner, Inc. (RPPW), to perform a variety of important
technical tasks on this plan, including detailed surveys of certain areas of Rye, mapping and studies of development patterns,
issues and opportunities in Rye. The consultants also prepared an initial set of plan recommendations for our consideration and
assisted in writing drafts of this plan. This was done primarily by Deborah Parriott and Stuart Turner of RPPW to whom the
Planning Commission is in a great debt of thanks. The Commission must note with equal appreciation the ever present
assistance and good advice of the City Planner, Frederick Zepf.
It has been said that prediction is only difficult when it involves the future. The Commission, with its many consultants, has
sought to be as accurate as possible in predicting trends and future needs for Rye, but it recognizes, as must the readers of this
plan, that many trends are very difficult to foresee. Thus, while we hope that many parts of this plan will continue to be
pertinent for the next 10 to 20 years, we recognize that our successors on the Commission will often be faced with situations
where the goals and policies of the Plan must be modified to face a new situation.
Respectfully submitted,
John Carolin, Chairman
for the Planning Commission
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